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Nitops pallipennis
Photo#1512453
Copyright © 2018
David Thornburg
Might be short-winged flower beetle sp. -
Nitops pallipennis
Cottonwood. 34.688318 -111.051444 elevation 4060ft., Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
April 24, 2018
Size: about 3mm
numerous active beetles in rose flower
Contributed by
David Thornburg
on 24 April, 2018 - 4:04pm
Moved, Nitops pallipennis
very common in Arizona on flowers in the spring. I would see them on Opuntia blooms in the Phoenix area.
Moved from
ID Request
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Blaine Mathison
, 24 April, 2018 - 4:19pm