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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena
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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena
Copyright © 2014 Robert Lord Zimlich

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 8, 2014
Size: 2-3mm
I suspect something in the Mordellini tribe, but have been unable to find anything like the little beauty. Thanks for your help.

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 9 June, 2014 - 10:03am
Last updated 9 June, 2014 - 12:00pm

pretty [and] cool; must be indeed close to the one picked by Ken
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 9 June, 2014 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm ...
I don't know the degree of variability in these. I seem to have two very similar tumblers I see ... this red-head and one with dark head. They may well be the same ... I'm just not sure
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 11 June, 2014 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Reminds me a bit of this one:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 June, 2014 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

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