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This might be a moth? - Phengodes
Copyright © 2009 ChickZ

This might be a moth? - Phengodes
Liberty, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
May 9, 2009
Size: about 1 1/2 inches
Found this strange flier early May, saw it only one night and it was gone in the morning (like the moths that like to settle beneath the light) Approx 1 and half inch total in length. The antennae look like a moth but the lack of fuzz on it said otherwise. Does anyone know what this creature is? I have never seen anything like it before.
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Contributed by ChickZ on 19 May, 2009 - 4:43pm

male Phengodes -- a beetle with reduced elytra
see, e.g.,
they are not that common
… v belov, 19 May, 2009 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You!
I would have never guessed! I think the most interesting observation of this beetle was seeing it clean its antennae, breathtaking...
… ChickZ, 19 May, 2009 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, grooming is a fascinating complex behaviour
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