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dark brown & black beetle type bug with orange tipped anteni - Acanthocephala thomasi
Copyright © 2014 Tony King

dark brown & black beetle type bug with orange tipped anteni - Acanthocephala thomasi
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
This was taken somewhere near Elkhorn Ranch, southwest of Tucson, AZ....just east of the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness.
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Contributed by timeandquiet on 7 May, 2014 - 10:19am
Last updated 8 May, 2014 - 7:44am

Incidentally...
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Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 May, 2014 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Acanthocephala, but not terminalis. :)

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 May, 2014 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

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I believe this to be a leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala terminalis). But wait for expert.
… Sam Houston, 7 May, 2014 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you Sam! I'll can do a better search now....and wait for that expert! This pic will go in our 'On the Desert' book. The 20th book in our Look Around Books series. LookAroundBooks.com
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