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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae)
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purple-striped beetle
Copyright © 2009 Mark Wetmore

purple-striped beetle
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie near Vermillion, SE South Dakota, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
September 22, 2009
Size: about 2 cm
Found on bare ground at the summit of the mound.

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Contributed by Mark Wetmore on 22 September, 2009 - 4:54pm
Last updated 22 September, 2009 - 9:43pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mark Wetmore, 22 September, 2009 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Darkling Beetle, Tenebrionidae
One of the many semi-arid/arid (plains/desert) species.
Possibly Eleodes suturalis (?)

There are a number of Genera and many more species. Unfortunately many are also very similar in appearance.
… Bill Reynolds, 22 September, 2009 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
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