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Lebia - Lebia ornata
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Lebia - Lebia ornata
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
May 12, 2007
Size: ~ 4.5 mm
Lebia ornata
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 1 December, 2007 - 9:28pm
Last updated 10 June, 2011 - 3:46pm

Lebia ornata
Nice habitus shot. Be aware of the southern dark morph of this species that has relatively immaculate dark elytra. Recently I was perplexed by one specimen from MS that showed only faint posterior pale macules, rest of elytra completely dark! This highly variable species also has pronota that are colored completely pale to mostly dark with pale margins.
… Peter W. Messer, 1 December, 2007 - 11:37pm

 
Can you look through the images
in the guide in the genus Lebia here and help with or correct any of the ID's there?
… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2007 - 9:00am

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