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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Dictyopterus » Golden Net-wing (Dictyopterus aurora)
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Golden Net-wing Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

Golden Net-wing Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
September 27, 2009
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 1 October, 2009 - 9:34am
Last updated 1 October, 2009 - 7:33pm

thanks everybody
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… Andrew Williams, 1 October, 2009 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

absolutely -- huge leap west on the map, too!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 1 October, 2009 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
mine's a good flyer :-)
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… Andrew Williams, 1 October, 2009 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

I think it is a Golden Net-w
I think it is a Golden Net-wing Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora. Check this page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2815/bgpage
… R Banet, 1 October, 2009 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Not close.
This is a net-winged beetle. Genus is Dictyopterus if I recall correctly.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2009 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

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