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Beetle - Cosmopepla lintneriana
Copyright © 2009 jmg16

Beetle - Cosmopepla lintneriana
Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 16, 2009
Size: 1/2 inch
Any idea on the species of this guy?
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Contributed by jmg16 on 24 July, 2009 - 8:22am
Last updated 27 July, 2009 - 11:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2009 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Thanks!
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… jmg16, 24 July, 2009 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

bug, not beetle
Cosmopepla Lintneriana, "twice stabbed stink bug"
… Joe Zito, 24 July, 2009 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
exactly -- except for the capital 'L'
the second word of a binomen is never capitalized, period.
… v belov, 24 July, 2009 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

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