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Hairy Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus bibens
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Hairy Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus bibens
Orange County, North Carolina, USA
June 3, 2004
Captured and posed. Detail of elytra, pygidium. In this species, cretaceous (chalky) spots on the pygidium are mostly concealed. (1) In the similar T. lunulatus, the cretaceous spots are more visible:


Identification as to species is pretty darn subtle, so I thought a couple of anatomy shots would be helpful.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 18 March, 2005 - 6:16am
Last updated 6 June, 2006 - 10:43am

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