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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Brachypsectridae » Brachypsectra » Texas Beetle (Brachypsectra fulva)
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Brachypsectra fulva
Copyright © 2008 Rick Buss

Brachypsectra fulva
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
July 6, 1998
Size: 5.4 mm
I thought a photo of adult would be nice. These come to UV light in the city on rare occasions: 15 specimens in 3000 nights of UV light trapping. June through August.

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 23 January, 2008 - 2:26pm
Last updated 4 July, 2010 - 12:54pm

Hello neighbor
Got my first adult "Texas beetle" in early June 2024, also attracted to UV.
… Elliott Gordon, 10 June, 2024 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

 
Coincidence?
I just got my first one of the year yesterday as well. The UV light has brought in lots of sphinx moths and grasshoppers every night, and thousands of smaller moths. Beetles are increasing in diversity every night since the hot weather started.
… Rick Buss, 10 June, 2024 - 6:31am login or register to post comments

So,
it's really Texas & New Mexico Beetle ;-)
… Jim McClarin, 20 December, 2008 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I suppose
Well, yes, but that doesn't flow off the tongue like "the Texas Beetle". Anyway, NM is a little, often forgotten, state compared to its giant neighbor. Occasionally people think we aren't really in the US at all.
… Rick Buss, 20 December, 2008 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
I know!
I tell people I grew up there and they ask, "What part of Mexico did you live in?"
… Jim McClarin, 20 December, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

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