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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Phengodini » Glowworms (Phengodes) » Phengodes plumosa
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Is this a beetle? - Phengodes plumosa - male
Copyright © 2012 Tony Fuller

Is this a beetle? - Phengodes plumosa - Male
Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
May 14, 2012
Size: .75 to 1 inch
Caught this guy indoors, trying to get outside towards evening. It's some sort of beetle, as far as I can tell. His elytra are malformed, and his head looks similar to Anomala orientalis.

No idea if he emerged indoors, or if he crawled inside somehow. . . help would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Tony Fuller on 16 May, 2012 - 3:30pm
Last updated 14 January, 2015 - 8:30am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Glowworms.
… v belov, 14 January, 2015 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Glowworms.
… Randy Hardy, 21 May, 2012 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Randy Hardy, 21 May, 2012 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

male Phengodes
possibly came to lights
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… v belov, 16 May, 2012 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I had no idea!
It's amazing how many things live right under our noses. . . Thanks for such a quick response!!
… Tony Fuller, 16 May, 2012 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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