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Belotus mating - Belotus bicolor - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Belotus mating - Belotus bicolor - Male Female
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
September 8, 2007
These critters are, at times, fairly common around our butterfly garden, and partial to Whitebrush (Aloysia gratissima: Verbenaceae) as shown here. I had been misidentifying them as Trypherus until today; I looked at the LRGV beetle list and discovered that this species has been documented down here and the very similar Trypherus not.

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Belotus mating - Belotus bicolor - male - female Belotus mating, side view - Belotus bicolor - male - female
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 12 September, 2008 - 1:26pm
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 9:36am

Moved
Moved from Belotus abdominalis based on ID provided by Ed Riley.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 15 September, 2008 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Belotus.
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