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Wedge-shaped Beetle - Macrosiagon cruenta - male
Copyright © 2008 Machele White

Wedge-shaped Beetle - Macrosiagon cruenta - Male
Lady lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
May 1, 2008
I had found this pot about two feet from the pot that a Eumenes smithii had built, it was attached to grass growing against the rocks, I collected it, and this is who emerged. ID'd with images and info in guide.
Contributed by Machele White on 2 May, 2008 - 6:18am
Last updated 6 March, 2011 - 11:51pm

Nice find
Nice photo, too.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 May, 2008 - 10:50am

 
I agree!
That might be a new host record. It would pay to investigate that possibility, anyway. I always thought that ripiphorids were parasites of ground-nesting bees.....
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 May, 2008 - 3:28pm

 
Thank you
both very much.
… Machele White, 6 May, 2008 - 5:40am

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