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little black & brown beetle - Strophosoma melanogrammum
Copyright © 2015 Lynette Elliott

little black & brown beetle - Strophosoma melanogrammum
Thompson Falls State Park, Sanders County, Montana, USA
May 24, 2014
Next to a pond.

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little black & brown beetle - Strophosoma melanogrammum little black & brown beetle - Strophosoma melanogrammum
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 January, 2015 - 8:40pm
Last updated 22 January, 2015 - 6:32am

Strophosoma melanogrammum
Thank you both. It does look very weird. I'll have to go back this summer and see if I can find any more of these oddly colored ones.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 January, 2015 - 6:51am

 
take a normal one and put a drop of water on its back
the effect will be the same but you'll save yourself a lot of time looking for odd ones in the wild
… v belov, 22 January, 2015 - 7:10am

 
watered down
I will try that!
… Lynette Elliott, 22 January, 2015 - 9:13am

can't be anything else; looks weird, prob. soaked in dew
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 January, 2015 - 6:32am

Entiminae
One of those Broad-nosed Weevils..
Hope all is going good for you Lynette, my friend...

Gary
… Gary Griswold, 22 January, 2015 - 4:53am

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