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Sabatia beetle - Diabrotica cristata - male - female
Copyright © 2016 SRJohnson

Sabatia beetle - Diabrotica cristata - Male Female
Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA
June 29, 2016
Size: 8-10mm
an easy to miss beetle if not on bright pink background- but only observed on Sabatia kennedyana usually beetle single stationary among stamens, occasionally observed mating. Are they attracted to Sabatia particularly or do they simply find the flowers a convenient bowl?

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Sabatia beetle - Diabrotica cristata - male - female Sabatia beetle - Diabrotica cristata - male - female
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Contributed by SRJohnson on 29 June, 2016 - 10:57pm
Last updated 14 January, 2019 - 12:27pm

Moved, Diabrotica cristata
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 June, 2016 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

please select state
… v belov, 29 June, 2016 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

 
beetle id
sorry- state is Iowa
… SRJohnson, 30 June, 2016 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
add that to the state field in both images please
then you'll likely get an ID
… Blaine Mathison, 30 June, 2016 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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