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Golden Rod beetle - Chauliognathus marginatus
Copyright © 2008 Shelly Cox

Golden Rod beetle - Chauliognathus marginatus
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
June 11, 2008
Size: 15 mm
Found eating pollen of yarrow
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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 11 June, 2008 - 6:39pm

Chauliognathus marginatus -
Margined Leatherwing
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2008 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the accurate ID
Thank you for the accurate ID, around here we always called these things golden rod beetles.
… Shelly Cox, 11 June, 2008 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

 
We have always used the term Goldenrod beetle for the
Pennsylvania Leatherwing which is active in the fall. If you click on the DATA tab for the Margined you'll see that it's active primarily May, June and July. While if you look instead at Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus, you'll see that it's active in August, Sept and October -- when Goldenrod blooms!
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2008 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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