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Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Copyright © 2018 Ken Schneider

Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Noe Valley, San Francisco County, California, USA
July 3, 2018
Size: 2 mm
I found another one of these pupae (?) attached to a building wall. Same location and must be the same as the thumbnail below - this time I collected this one in the hopes that something might eclose??


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Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae Another pink pupa? - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 3 July, 2018 - 10:16pm
Last updated 9 July, 2018 - 9:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Hatched beetle appears to be this species, which I've photographed at this precise location several times before.
… Ken Schneider, 9 July, 2018 - 9:34pm

 
Certainly Rhyzobius
The photographed adult is still teneral, so the full extent of its dark colouration is not yet apparent.
… James Bailey, 13 July, 2018 - 4:13pm

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