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Little colourful beetle ID request - Omophoita cyanipennis
Copyright © 2009 Stephen

Little colourful beetle ID request - Omophoita cyanipennis
San Antonio, Bamberger Park, Bexar County, Texas, USA
July 18, 2009
Size: 0.25"
I found this colourful little beetle crawling around a Vitex. Can anybody guide me to a genus and possibly a species?

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Little colourful beetle ID request - Omophoita cyanipennis Little colourful beetle ID request - Omophoita cyanipennis
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Contributed by Stephen on 21 July, 2009 - 7:57am
Last updated 27 July, 2009 - 8:27am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 27 July, 2009 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

Omophoita cyanipennis
… v belov, 21 July, 2009 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
a good year for them in south Texas..
during our extreme drought.
… Maury J. Heiman, 21 July, 2009 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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