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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Rutelini » Pelidnota » Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata)
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Grapevine Beetle (dark legs) - Pelidnota punctata
Copyright © 2014 Karolina Stutzman

Grapevine Beetle (dark legs) - Pelidnota punctata
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
July 20, 2014
At light

Info page says it appears southern beetles have light brown legs and northern, dark.

It looks like Delaware has both types, not only in the same state or county, but at the same address.

There's about a quarter mile of Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) across the street. Most trees are
male, but the few female trees there are, are dropping fruit.
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Contributed by Karolina Stutzman on 23 July, 2014 - 8:29pm

Moved
Only keeping image of intact specimen for the Guide.

Offhand I don't know the validity of the legs comment. Not sure if that is just a 'BugGuide' observation or published data. Maybe a scarab specialist can comment more...



Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 23 July, 2014 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for helping
I read it as "iffy", but thought it couldn't hurt to add the
observation in case it isn't.
… Karolina Stutzman, 23 July, 2014 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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