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Flower Beetle - 2 - Epicauta atrata
Copyright © 2014 H Clenin

Flower Beetle - 2 - Epicauta atrata
Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
July 30, 2014
This is a different individual from the one posted previously. It was on a nearby flower of the same spp. I assume this is the same spp. and I have a male and female, but wanted to be sure and if so, was wondering which was which.

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Contributed by H Clenin on 19 November, 2014 - 11:28am
Last updated 19 November, 2014 - 1:05pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 19 November, 2014 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

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