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Spotted Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera tubulus

Spotted Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera tubulus
Visitor's Center, Jordan Lake SRA, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
May 7, 2005
Size: circa 8 mm
Found on Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium species. Identification based on other images in the guide, such as those by Lynette from Cumberland County, North Carolina:



Quoting Phill Harpootlian on the id. of that beetle, this beetle is one of Acmaeodera ornata, texana, or tubulus.

Acmaeodera tubulus
Your Acmaeodera is an A. tubulus. Of the three Phill mentioned, A. tubulus is the smallest, A. ornata being the largest.

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