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Aphidhead Beetle - Sphenophorus venatus
Copyright © 2007 David Brady

Aphidhead Beetle - Sphenophorus venatus
Saratoga Springs, Utah County, Utah, USA
August 10, 2007
Size: 14mm
Found sitting on the irrigation control lid in my lawn. Didn't seem to object to being crawled on by aphids... or to having its picture taken from ~10mm away.
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Contributed by David Brady on 10 August, 2007 - 7:16pm
Last updated 23 May, 2009 - 5:27pm

Sphenophorus venatus (Say)
Charles O'Brien det.

Moved from Billbugs.
… v belov, 23 May, 2009 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

colonized Billbug
It's a billbug (Curculionidae Rhynchophorhinae), maybe the Maize Billbug Sphenophorus maidis "colonized" by a mite.
… Francesco Vitali, 11 August, 2007 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

That's not an aphid either, i
That's not an aphid either, is it.
… David Brady, 10 August, 2007 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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