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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Gymnetini » Gymnetina » Gymnetina cretacea
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Scarab beetle - Gymnetina cretacea
Copyright © 2009 bmagnier2011

Scarab beetle - Gymnetina cretacea
Miller Canyon, Arizona, USA
July 16, 2009
Size: 1.5-2.5 inches
this beetle was on the ground on a trail up Miller Canyon, near Sierra Vista, AZ. 15 people looked at this insect, including a local nature guide, who said that he had never seen this species before. The habitat was pine-oak woodlands mixed with spruce. The beetle was found near the base of the mountain (not an extremely high elevation).
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Contributed by bmagnier2011 on 23 July, 2009 - 10:49am
Last updated 23 July, 2009 - 12:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… MJ Paulsen, 23 July, 2009 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

inches, not centimeters???
looks like a Gymnetina of sorts to me
… v belov, 23 July, 2009 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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