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Trigonopeltastes delta
Copyright © 2008 daike tian

Trigonopeltastes delta
auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
July 7, 2008
almost same size of Jpn beetle. Found only one, but did not catch it.
Caught one later and confirmed this sp.
Contributed by daike tian on 8 July, 2008 - 5:58pm
Last updated 15 August, 2008 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… MJ Paulsen, 15 August, 2008 - 12:12pm

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2008 - 5:57pm

Trigonopeltastes delta
Matching image!
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2008 - 7:31pm

 
thanks for ID
I agree with you after checked all the related pictures. The black spots on back are a little bit variant. I missed seeing its head and it flied away. However, based on characteristics of hind half, it is Trigonopeltastes delta
… daike tian, 8 July, 2008 - 9:50pm

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