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Breeding beetles - Acmaeodera rubronotata - male - female

Breeding beetles - Acmaeodera rubronotata - Male Female
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
September 22, 2008
Size: ~8-10mm

Hi Heidi,
Could you write a word or two about how you arrived at the ID? This is a good practice for any post, one I will aspire to do more of also.

 
Sure!
I found an identical beetle last week, that I had tentatively ID'd to species based on images on the guide, including ones from this area. Someone else agreed with me, so I moved that image to species: http://bugguide.net/node/view/225532. These beetles look identical, so I put them there as well.

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