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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Cryptoglossini » Asbolus » Asbolus verrucosus
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curtsying darkling beetle - Asbolus verrucosus
Copyright © 2010 Lynette Elliott

curtsying darkling beetle - Asbolus verrucosus
Desert Edge, Riverside County, California, USA
January 17, 2010
We found quite a few of these under wood and other garbage in the desert. When touched they all stuck their legs out and every one of them crossed its front legs in this same way. I balanced this one in a standing position for clearer views.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 January, 2010 - 9:06pm
Last updated 1 November, 2010 - 2:01pm

Asbolus verrucosus -- det. R.L. Aalbu
Moved from Centriopterini.
… v belov, 1 November, 2010 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 January, 2010 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Asbolus...
or possibly Cryptoglossus. Tribe Centriopterini either way.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 January, 2010 - 7:18am login or register to post comments

The fore legs look like the legs of a dancing ballerina!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 21 January, 2010 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Death-feigning beetle.
I believe this is a species of Asbolus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 January, 2010 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric,
I looked at those, but didn't feel confident to make the call. They sure do fake death well.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 January, 2010 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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