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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae) » Lycoperdininae » Mycetina » Mycetina perpulchra
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orange-spotted beetle - Mycetina perpulchra
Copyright © 2015 Darrin O'Brien

orange-spotted beetle - Mycetina perpulchra
Lodi Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
June 20, 2015
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Contributed by Darrin O'Brien on 20 June, 2015 - 5:44pm
Last updated 23 June, 2016 - 7:43am

bad photo of a distinctive species well represented in the guide
suggest frassing
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… v belov, 20 June, 2015 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
data point
...for the month in MI. Suggest not frassing.
… Darrin O'Brien, 21 June, 2015 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

 
well-documented in Eastern US...
the data point on BG is not significant, although a specialist on this group would be a better one to say for sure.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 June, 2015 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
frass when a better photo is available
I'm not claiming this to be a magazine-quality photo, but it is identifiable to species. The best that could be made with the camera phone.

BG home = "By capturing the place and time that submitted images were taken, we are creating a virtual collection that helps define where and when things might be found."

Other people of the public don't necessarily know the range and phenology. The "data" page shows this with the contributions when the "info" page doesn't include details.
… Darrin O'Brien, 22 June, 2015 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

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