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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylinae) » Triplax » Triplax flavicollis
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beetle - Triplax flavicollis
Copyright © 2005 Bill DuPree

beetle - Triplax flavicollis
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
August 26, 2005
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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 27 August, 2005 - 11:35pm
Last updated 28 January, 2009 - 4:22pm

Moved
Moved from Triplax.
… tom murray, 28 January, 2009 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Triplax flavicollis Lacordaire, i believe
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… v belov, 28 January, 2009 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Pleasing Fungus Beetle??
If it is small, about 4mm, then my guess is Triplax sp.
Eric can confirm or not.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 28 August, 2005 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep.
What a fantastic image! It is indeed most likely a species of Triplax.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 August, 2005 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Triplax
Thanks for the ID Eric and thanks for the compliment on the photo.
… Bill DuPree, 30 August, 2005 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Pleasing Fungus Beetle??
Thanks Charles. He was small. 4 mm is about right.
… Bill DuPree, 29 August, 2005 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

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