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tiny melyrid - Collops parvus
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tiny melyrid - Collops parvus
blue Sky Rd, Wilcox, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 3, 2018
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 7 September, 2018 - 4:16pm
Last updated 11 September, 2018 - 1:55pm

Moved
Moved from Attalus.
… margarethe brummermann, 11 September, 2018 - 1:55pm

tiny melyrid
This is Collops parvus, a common species in southeastern AZ and northern Mexico in the Fall. Adults often aggregate on tall bunch grasses.
… Adriean Mayor, 11 September, 2018 - 11:25am

 
Can you also say
anything about Img 1588012 here on BG? Melyrid from the same location
… margarethe brummermann, 11 September, 2018 - 2:06pm

 
Thank you!
perfect. Yes, they were on grasses in the dunes around the water
… margarethe brummermann, 11 September, 2018 - 1:54pm

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