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tricolored flower beetle - Macrosiagon flavipennis - female
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tricolored flower beetle - Macrosiagon flavipennis - Female
Reasnor, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
July 25, 2018
Size: 13-16mm
a very striking beetle found on pycnanthemum

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tricolored flower beetle - Macrosiagon flavipennis - female tricolored flower beetle - Macrosiagon flavipennis - female
Contributed by SRJohnson on 28 July, 2018 - 5:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 28 July, 2018 - 5:36pm

Female - Wedge-shaped Beetle
According to the info for Macrosiagon flavipennis, only the females have red colored abdomens. = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 28 July, 2018 - 5:31pm

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