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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Bumble Bee Scarab Beetles (Glaphyridae) » Lichnanthe » Cranberry Root Grub (Lichnanthe vulpina)
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scarab beetle, Lichnanthe sp. - Lichnanthe vulpina
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

scarab beetle, Lichnanthe sp. - Lichnanthe vulpina
Bethlehem, New Hampshire, USA
July 19, 2004
This scarab is a good bee mimic.
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Contributed by tom murray on 4 April, 2005 - 7:37pm
Last updated 26 December, 2006 - 7:35pm

L. vulpina
Jim,thanks for digging up the info to get this down to species.
… tom murray, 26 December, 2006 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Group elevated to family rank
Added new Family Glaphyridae, moved image. Good shot. I'll have to check, but I'm guessing this is L. vulpina
… Phillip Harpootlian, 5 April, 2005 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

 
Lichnanthe vulpina
is the only species listed on the University of New Hampshire checklist. I think it's OK to place it on species page.
… Jim McClarin, 26 December, 2006 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

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