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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Oedemerinae » Asclerini » Oxycopis » Oxycopis mcdonaldi
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Bunch o' beetles - Oxycopis mcdonaldi
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Bunch o' beetles - Oxycopis mcdonaldi
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
August 15, 2006
Size: 5mm

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Contributed by Sean McCann on 15 August, 2006 - 11:27am
Last updated 21 October, 2013 - 11:38am

Oxycopis mcdonaldi (Arnett)
keys out snugly on http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/medical/false_blister_beetles.htm

Moved from False Blister Beetles.
… v belov, 2 June, 2009 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Oedemeridae.
Hm-m-m. These have 'got' to be oedemerids (false blister beetles), but I've never seen so many at once, and not ones that are so iridescent! I'll be interested in Don Chandler's comments.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 August, 2006 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, oedemerids
Southern taxa, so I won't make an attempt on placement to genus. Many of the taxa that have larvae in rotting wood tend to have reasonably synchronous emergences as adults. So, if you are at the log on the right day, it can be amazingly productive for species that are otherwise hard to find.
… Donald S. Chandler, 15 August, 2006 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
To both of you for the ID. These beetles don't appear that irredescent unless well-lit (as from the flash).
Thay have been gathered by day under this light for a couple of weeks now.
… Sean McCann, 15 August, 2006 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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