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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylinae) » Triplax » Triplax festiva
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Triplax festiva
Copyright © 2007 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Triplax festiva
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
March 21, 2007
Looks like it matches the image in the guide.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 21 March, 2007 - 7:35pm
Last updated 22 March, 2007 - 9:06am

Hmm...
reading comments with the other picture, I think you can put it there :-)
… Boris Büche, 22 March, 2007 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
Triplax festiva
Thank you Boris.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 22 March, 2007 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
You can tell it is "festiva" by its itty-bitty maracas:-) Oh, wait, that's an antenna....
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 March, 2007 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Triplax festiva
Thanks Eric, I was getting ready to look up "maracas", then I finished reading your comment.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 22 March, 2007 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

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