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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Falsomordellistena » Falsomordellistena pubescens
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Falsomordellistena pubescens
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Falsomordellistena pubescens
Horton Grove Preserve, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 6, 2020
Size: 3-4 mm
Size estimated. These Mordellids were crawling over leaves, flying, and landing again. Looks like, perhaps, lekking behavior. I think they were all the same species, so am combining several images of (two or more?) individuals under one BugGuide observation. Images have been cropped heavily from originals. Location near:
36.143290, -78.846608
I am placing these under Mordellidae, but I think they are a good match for Falsomordellistena pubescens. Compare:


Confirmation or refutation appreciated, of course.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 13 June, 2020 - 2:43pm
Last updated 14 June, 2020 - 7:19pm

Moved
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
Looking in detail at these images, the match to other images labeled as this species appears to be good.
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