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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylinae) » Erotylini » Cypherotylus » Cypherotylus californicus
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Pupa of Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Pupa of Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Cypherotylus californicus
Madera Canyon, Mnt Baldy Trail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 27, 2007
Under loose bark
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 February, 2008 - 7:27pm
Last updated 18 February, 2008 - 12:39am

Moved
Moved from Pleasing Fungus Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 18 February, 2008 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

I would never have guessed...
To me it resembled a coccinellid pupa :-) Did you collect and rear it?
… Jim McClarin, 17 February, 2008 - 5:05am login or register to post comments

 
No, I didn't raise it
but Eric Eaton found it and was quite sure of what it was. If it looks like a coccinellid pupa it's a fault of the photo (-grapher) - it's much larger, hangs from a long neck, was found under the bark - all very unlike a coccinellidae.
… margarethe brummermann, 17 February, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Ha, ha.
I just searched through 53 pages of bugguide lady*beetles looking for some black pupae hanging head down like this one on the end of a stalk composed of their larval skin. Nothing! Maybe I dreamed it.
… Jim McClarin, 17 February, 2008 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
But we do have them in
leaf beetles!
… john and jane balaban, 17 February, 2008 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

 
For heaven's sake,
no wonder I couldn't find them. Thanks for helping me out, John & Jane.
… Jim McClarin, 18 February, 2008 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

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