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Dark Flower Scarab (Euphoria sepulcralis sepulcralis)
Photo#9603
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:)
Contributed by
Tony DiTerlizzi
on 8 January, 2005 - 4:18pm
Last updated 20 June, 2007 - 4:14pm
Moved
Moved from
Dark Flower Scarab
.
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 20 June, 2007 - 4:14pm
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
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Cotinis
, 11 January, 2005 - 6:00am
Lachnanthes caroliniana (redroot) Haemodoraceae ?
Reminds us more of Lachnanthes than milkweed. See what you think
here
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john and jane balaban
, 8 January, 2005 - 4:26pm
I agree...
...it does look more like that. I have a real simple knowledge of plants, so I appreciate the help:)
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Tony DiTerlizzi
, 9 January, 2005 - 8:04am
