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black-tipped orange beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
Copyright © 2005 Robin McLeod

black-tipped orange beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
London, Ontario, Canada
July 14, 2004
Size: about 8 mm
On goldenrod in weedy field. Maybe a Rhagonycha species? Insects of Quebec shows R. excavata having black tarsi and black-tipped wings.

Update: the images from Quebec are actually R. fulva, not R. excavata which is smaller (5-6 mm) and has black elytra.
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 March, 2005 - 6:59am
Last updated 4 December, 2006 - 7:42pm

Rhagonycha fulva
Thanks, Boris. Pat Bouchard verified this as R. fulva today. More info on species page.

Moved from Rhagonycha.
… Robin McLeod, 4 December, 2006 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

To be checked on species level
for European immigrant R.fulva (compare other picture).
… Boris Büche, 29 November, 2006 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

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