Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Apalochrina » Collops » Collops tricolor
Photo#14496
soft-winged flower beetle - Collops tricolor - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

soft-winged flower beetle - Collops tricolor - Female
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 5, 2004
Contributed by tom murray on 7 April, 2005 - 9:47pm
Last updated 23 February, 2018 - 10:25pm

Moved
Moved from Black-headed Melyrid.
Adriean thanks for getting this and all the other Melyrids identified!
… tom murray, 28 January, 2010 - 4:16pm

Identification of C. nigriceps vs. C. tricolor.
This is a female of Collops tricolor (Say). See comments on other photos.
… Adriean Mayor, 28 January, 2010 - 11:05am

Collops nigriceps
Det. per EGRiley:

Collops nigriceps (Say)

Family Melyridae, Subfamily Malachiinae

Mike Quinn, Austin

Texas Beetle Info
http://www.TexasEnto.net/beetles.htm
… Mike Quinn, 22 December, 2005 - 11:57am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo