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White Sand Bear Scarab Beetle (Lichnanthe albipilosa)
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Copyright © 2019
Alice Abela
White Sand Bear Scarab Beetle -
Lichnanthe albipilosa
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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
July 11, 2019
Size: ~15mm
Found in sandy coastal back dune habitat
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 12 July, 2019 - 12:14am
Neat find in the area
of the holotype. Did you let Dave Carlson know? He is still interested in these beetles.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 22 July, 2019 - 11:46pm
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Thanks!
No, I don't know Dave Carlson.
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Alice Abela
, 23 July, 2019 - 1:02am
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beautiful beetle
Very impressive amount of white hair.
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Joyce Gross
, 13 July, 2019 - 4:01pm
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Yay! Wise old white-haired Lichnanthe :-)
More nice pics of this (or these, if more than one?) on Alice's Flickr stream
here
(pan left to see 8 or so photos).
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Aaron Schusteff
, 15 July, 2019 - 8:04pm
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