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Black and red beetle on grape leaf - Exneria ruficollis

Black and red beetle on grape leaf - Exneria ruficollis
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 30, 2018
Black and red, pleasantly fuzzy all over and working on growing out a mustache. Sitting on a grape leaf near the compost heap if that's any clue. Suburban native plant garden between Boston and the Middlesex Fells. Thanks for your help!

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Black and red beetle on grape leaf - Exneria ruficollis Black and red beetle on grape leaf - Exneria ruficollis

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Exneria ruficollis

 
If they like wet decomposing
If they like wet decomposing material, the proximity to the compost makes sense!
Thanks for your help!

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