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Flower beetle needs ID - Trigonopeltastes delta
Copyright © 1969 May Lenzer Lattanzio

Flower beetle needs ID - Trigonopeltastes delta
Bayou George, Bay County, Florida, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: Less than 1/2 inch
Part of the presentation I have to give Tuesday night.
Contributed by May Lenzer Lattanzio on 1 October, 2006 - 7:48am
Last updated 18 October, 2006 - 5:10pm

Hmm, an unusual angle
but it looks like a side view of the Delta Flower Scarab or something very closely related:



BTW your date was not entered in a form recognized here - that's why it reads December 31 1969, which is the default date for some reason.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 October, 2006 - 7:52am

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