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Brachypsectra fulva
Copyright © 2008 Rick Buss

Brachypsectra fulva
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
July 6, 1998
Size: 5.4 mm
I thought a photo of adult would be nice. These come to UV light in the city on rare occasions: 15 specimens in 3000 nights of UV light trapping. June through August.

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Brachypsectra fulva Brachypsectra fulva
Contributed by Rick Buss on 23 January, 2008 - 2:26pm
Last updated 4 July, 2010 - 12:54pm

So,
it's really Texas & New Mexico Beetle ;-)
… Jim McClarin, 20 December, 2008 - 3:49pm

 
I suppose
Well, yes, but that doesn't flow off the tongue like "the Texas Beetle". Anyway, NM is a little, often forgotten, state compared to its giant neighbor. Occasionally people think we aren't really in the US at all.
… Rick Buss, 20 December, 2008 - 4:16pm

 
I know!
I tell people I grew up there and they ask, "What part of Mexico did you live in?"
… Jim McClarin, 20 December, 2008 - 5:25pm

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