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Flower Scarab - Euphoria sepulcralis
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Flower Scarab - Euphoria sepulcralis
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
June 29, 2004
Size: approx. 1 cm
This was a small scarab seen here on milkweed (?). It was smaller than the more commonly seen E. sepulcralis. This photo was taken at the Frenchman's Forest Natural Area.

...any help with ID would be appreciated:)
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 January, 2005 - 4:18pm
Last updated 20 June, 2007 - 4:14pm

Moved
Moved from Dark Flower Scarab.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 20 June, 2007 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Interesting beetle, plant
E. sepulcralis is really variable up here in NC. Some of the forms used to be considered separate species. However there are a couple of species on the Beetles of Florida checklist with which I'm not familiar: E. limbalis (FL endemic), E. sp. nr. discicollis (isolated record). Others on the checklist are E. inda, which this is not, and E. sepulcralis. So it is probably either sepulcralis or that endemic, limbalis. I don't see any images of limbalis on the web.

Neat plant, too. I've seen it in the wildlflower guides but not run into it.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 January, 2005 - 6:00am login or register to post comments

Lachnanthes caroliniana (redroot) Haemodoraceae ?
Reminds us more of Lachnanthes than milkweed. See what you think here
… john and jane balaban, 8 January, 2005 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree...
...it does look more like that. I have a real simple knowledge of plants, so I appreciate the help:)
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 9 January, 2005 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

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