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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Cryptoglossini » Death-feigning Beetles (Cryptoglossa) » Cryptoglossa variolosa
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ID Requested - Cryptoglossa variolosa
Copyright © 2009 ezpixels

ID Requested - Cryptoglossa variolosa
Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 24, 2009
Size: Approximately 1 inch
Found while removing rocks around a flower bed. It played dead when I touched it. I'm mostly interested in what it wants to eat. If it's my plants or trees, I might have to get nasty :-)

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ID Requested - Cryptoglossa variolosa ID Requested - Cryptoglossa variolosa ID Requested - Cryptoglossa variolosa
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Contributed by ezpixels on 24 May, 2009 - 10:43pm
Last updated 31 October, 2009 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from Death-feigning Beetles.
… Hartmut Wisch, 31 October, 2009 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Zopherus tristis.
Thanks, Kojun.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 May, 2009 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

not zopherid
this is Tenebrionid: Cryptoglossini: Cryptoglossa
… Kojun Kanda, 25 May, 2009 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Zopherus tristis.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 May, 2009 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

Zopherus tristis, i believe
rest assured it will not eat any living plant tissues
… v belov, 24 May, 2009 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
So is the key word "living"?
Thanks so much for the quick reply! Are you saying that he does eat plants but not living? I've read that some insects will invade diseased or stressed plants and trees so I'm trying to keep all healthy.
… ezpixels, 24 May, 2009 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
"living" = key word, correct
(though i would sacrifice any plants to keep insects healthy... :))
… v belov, 24 May, 2009 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Rest assured that all I ever do is try to encourage plant devouring insects to relocate. :-) As a photographer, I love seeing all creatures (big and small) in my garden.
… ezpixels, 24 May, 2009 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

 
good to know :-]
please keep taking and posting good pix on BG!
… v belov, 24 May, 2009 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

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