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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Cantharini » Atalantycha » Atalantycha bilineata
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beetle on plastic - Atalantycha bilineata
Copyright © 2010 John Pearson

beetle on plastic - Atalantycha bilineata
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
May 1, 2010
Size: ~8 mm
Lone individual flew onto wet plastic surface of my kayak as I was washing it on my lawn.

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beetle on plastic - Atalantycha bilineata beetle on plastic - Atalantycha bilineata
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Contributed by John Pearson on 1 May, 2010 - 9:44am
Last updated 1 May, 2010 - 11:39am

Moved
Moved from Soldier Beetles.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 May, 2010 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 1 May, 2010 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Soldier Beetle (Cantharidae)
Looks a lot like Atalantycha bilineata.



But please wait for expert confirmation or correction on the genus/species.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 May, 2010 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
Confirmed!
A. bilineata indeed.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 May, 2010 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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