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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Sericini » Maladera » Asiatic Garden Beetle (Maladera formosae)
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Bright orange - Maladera formosae
Copyright © 2012 Beatriz Moisset

Bright orange - Maladera formosae
Horsham trail, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 27, 2012

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 1 December, 2012 - 8:37pm
Last updated 8 January, 2019 - 7:04pm

Moved
Moved from Sericini.
… roar, 3 July, 2013 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… v belov, 3 December, 2012 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Serica vs. Maladera...
can't appreciate the hind tibia in these images.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 December, 2012 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Added one
Perhaps it can help. I don't have anything better.
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 December, 2012 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Maladera castanea, I suppose
can't really see the hind tibiae, but general habitus looks pretty good
… Brad Barnd, 2 December, 2012 - 3:44am login or register to post comments

 
the gestalt looks like a Maladera...
but I've never seen a living specimen that orange. Have you Brad? And I agree the tibiae still are not adequately visible.

We beetle folks love to harp on the importance of dorsal shots, and here is one case where a lateral would've been very helpful :)

Nice sharp pics though.
… Blaine Mathison, 2 December, 2012 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
I was thinking...
I was thinking it looked overexposed (or something like that), which could be why its so orange.
… Brad Barnd, 2 December, 2012 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
But it was the unusual color that caught my eye. I think that it is close to the true color. Now I wish I had taken more pictures and tried a couple of different exposures.
… Beatriz Moisset, 2 December, 2012 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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