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Amboy crater beetle - Lytta magister
Copyright © 2008 John Kashuba

Amboy crater beetle - Lytta magister
Amboy crater, California, USA
March 16, 2008
A friend of mine asked for an id for this picture which he received from a friend (!) Alleculidae/tenebrionidae ?
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Contributed by Philippe Moniotte on 17 March, 2008 - 1:35pm
Last updated 18 March, 2008 - 11:58am

you may move it
VERY unlikely there is something similar!
… Boris Büche, 18 March, 2008 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Moved to Lytta magister
Moved to Lytta magister
… Philippe Moniotte, 18 March, 2008 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but looks a lot like Lytta magister (Meloidae):

… Ken Schneider, 17 March, 2008 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
It does, doesn'it !! Seems
It does, doesn'it !! Seems like an ID to me, unless there are some VERY similar species...
Thanks
Philippe
… Philippe Moniotte, 17 March, 2008 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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