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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Anomala » Oriental Beetle (Anomala orientalis)
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Oriental Beetle - dark form - Anomala orientalis
Copyright © 2009 Rich Kelly

Oriental Beetle - dark form - Anomala orientalis
Oceanside, Nassau County, New York, USA
June 28, 2009
Size: 10 mm +/-
Active and hard to photograph. Placed on the ground and flew off. Maybe a Hoplia or something close? Adjacent to a salt marsh if that matters.
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 29 June, 2009 - 8:49am
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 3:49pm

Anomalia orientalis
dark form--that's what I think it is, Rich. See other images on Guide under that name. If that is not what it is, I'd like to know, because I don't bother collecting them on the assumption I know what they are.
… Harry Zirlin, 1 July, 2009 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Harry. This must be
Thanks, Harry. This must be what Jeff referred to as "The Oriental Beetle" last year. Now I have the scientific name.
… Rich Kelly, 1 July, 2009 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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