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Sapintus pubescens
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Copyright © 2008
tom murray
Antlike Flower Beetle -
Sapintus pubescens
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 21, 2008
I found about 6 of these on the ice at Great Meadows NWR on a sunny 27 degree day.
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tom murray
on 22 February, 2008 - 11:08am
Moved
Moved from
Antlike Flower Beetles
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tom murray
, 22 February, 2008 - 11:21am
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You might
pop them in a vial for me and I will be able to confirm this id.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 22 February, 2008 - 8:04pm
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Sapintus pubescens
I think, but it could be fulvipes. Accurate (to the tenths of millimeters) is helpful in placing these, or tickling out the male genitalia.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 22 February, 2008 - 11:12am
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