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tiny shiny black beetle - Halmus chalybeus
Copyright © 2020 Ralph Clevenger

tiny shiny black beetle - Halmus chalybeus
Santa Barbara, California, USA
May 21, 2020
Size: 3mm
Contributed by Ralph Clevenger on 24 May, 2020 - 6:50pm
Last updated 28 August, 2020 - 11:52pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 28 August, 2020 - 11:52pm

ID for shiny black beetle
After going through the bug guide I'm pretty confident this might be a male Halmus chalybeus, steelblue lady beetle. I did move the beetle off the Epiphyllum cactus flower and the pronotal sides are a yellow-orange color.
… Ralph Clevenger, 26 May, 2020 - 12:14pm

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