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cool burrowing beetle
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

cool burrowing beetle
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
May 23, 2009
Size: less than 10 mm?
He flew off before I measured. He has the coolest semi-clear gold at the bottom of his/her elytra-found under brick
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 23 May, 2009 - 6:21pm
Last updated 14 November, 2009 - 9:32pm

look in Cydnidae [no beetle]
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… v belov, 23 May, 2009 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
even cooler
A true bug, even cooler. Now to decide between pangaeus, melanethus, etc.
… Joe Zito, 23 May, 2009 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

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