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black-and-white beetle - Acmaeodera mixta
Copyright © 2007 Robin McLeod

black-and-white beetle - Acmaeodera mixta
Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
July 4, 2007
Size: 6-7 mm
on chewed-up flower beside road; some kind of buprestid?
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 August, 2007 - 9:37pm
Last updated 21 August, 2007 - 10:20pm

Thanks, Ted
Moved from Acmaeodera to A. mixta page.
… Robin McLeod, 21 August, 2007 - 10:20pm

Acmaeodera mixta...
...a common and extremely variable southwestern US species.
… Ted C. MacRae, 21 August, 2007 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Jim McClarin, 4 August, 2007 - 12:12am

 
Thanks, Jim
and Ron, for the help.
… Robin McLeod, 4 August, 2007 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 4 August, 2007 - 12:12am

Buprestid, yes.
This will probably go to species. Wish I could tell you more.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 August, 2007 - 9:47pm

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