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Diabolical Ironclad Beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus)
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Copyright © 2007
Will Chatfield-Taylor
Zopherid -
Phloeodes diabolicus
Bannister Park, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 27, 2007
Size: 16mm
Some unknown Zopherid. I can't figure out what genus or species it is. The pattern is pretty distinctive though.
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Contributed by
Will Chatfield-Taylor
on 28 December, 2007 - 12:53pm
Last updated 30 December, 2007 - 10:51pm
The one I kept is still alive.
I wish I had a mate for it. At least some of my tenebs from Fair Oaks and Cool have been cranking out babies like mad.
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Jim McClarin
, 2 August, 2008 - 12:52pm
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Probably
Phloeodes
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Brad Barnd
, 28 December, 2007 - 1:11pm
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looks like
P. diabolicus
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 28 December, 2007 - 1:42pm
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Cool
Thanks a lot, for some reason I didn't come across P. diabolicus with that pattern. Maybe the photos I found just weren't very good
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 28 December, 2007 - 5:00pm
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