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Scraptiidae? - Scraptia schaefferi
Copyright © 2020 Salvador Vitanza

Scraptiidae? - Scraptia schaefferi
Duquesne Road, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 11, 2020
Size: 5 mm
Coordinates: 31.385915, -110.711775
Elevation: 5,904 ft
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 26 October, 2020 - 11:08pm
Last updated 18 July, 2024 - 9:12pm

must be this one...
Moved from Scraptia.
… v belov, 18 July, 2024 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
Thank you, Belov
… Salvador Vitanza, 18 July, 2024 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from False Flower Beetles.
… Andrew Johnston, 1 April, 2023 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Antlike Flower Beetles.
… Salvador Vitanza, 30 October, 2020 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Scraptiidae
not anthicid.
… Donald S. Chandler, 30 October, 2020 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Yay!
A broken clock is correct twice a day... I am correct once in a while and that's good enough for me. Thank you Donald!
… Salvador Vitanza, 30 October, 2020 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved kinda tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 27 October, 2020 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
I struggled with this one
Initially, I thought of Anthicidae, but some of my previous BG images of Scraptiidae closely resemble this specimen.
… Salvador Vitanza, 27 October, 2020 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

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