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Rose Chafer - Macrodactylus subspinosus
Copyright © 2006 Arlene Ripley

Rose Chafer - Macrodactylus subspinosus
Calvert County, Maryland, USA
July 20, 2006
Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 26 August, 2006 - 3:29pm
Last updated 26 August, 2006 - 8:19pm

Macrodactylus subspinosus
Rose Chafer I'm pretty sure. That brick wall of yours seems to be quite a beetle magnet.
… Philip Chaon, 26 August, 2006 - 3:39pm

 
Thanks
I don't know why the bricks are so popular but I think it's the lights more than the bricks. The photos are mostly taken at night.
… Arlene Ripley, 26 August, 2006 - 7:52pm

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