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Beetle - Pterocolus ovatus
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Beetle - Pterocolus ovatus
Dixie Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Size: 3mm
Another from the sweep net stash... this beetle is alot more metallic blue than the pic shows
Contributed by Ray Simpson on 8 April, 2007 - 9:10pm
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 12:46pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Rolling Weevils.
… Ray Simpson, 19 September, 2008 - 12:46pm

Pterocolus ovatus
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… v belov, 19 September, 2008 - 8:26am

family is Attelabidae
:-)
… Boris Büche, 9 April, 2007 - 5:06am

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