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Megacerus discoidus
Photo#191070
Copyright © 2008
Kurt Schaefer
Beetle -
Megacerus discoidus
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
June 14, 2008
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Contributed by
Kurt Schaefer
on 15 June, 2008 - 7:09pm
Last updated 24 July, 2016 - 9:19am
Megacerus discoidus
Ed Riley det, comments:
M. discoidus (Say) (often mis-spelled as discoideus). It breeds in seeds of Ipomoea leptophylla. Nice pics...
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Mike Quinn
, 16 June, 2008 - 11:46am
Thanks Mike,
Thanks for the ID on this beetle, now I will appreciate bush morning-glory even more.
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Kurt Schaefer
, 19 June, 2008 - 8:21pm
amazing plant
That's a pretty amazing plant
that the amazing beetle hosts on... Mike
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Mike Quinn
, 20 June, 2008 - 1:18pm
great example of ...
pectinate
antenna, and now thumbnailed into the glossary entry.
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Cotinis
, 16 June, 2008 - 12:40am
wow
those are some wacky antennae it must be a male as males often have large antennae for finding females. no idea what species of beetle this is, though
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Vespula Vulgaris
, 15 June, 2008 - 7:55pm
Male is correct...
and this is a
Megacerus
, a Chrysomelid of the subfamily Bruchinae. The genus name is very fitting indeed.
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Stephen Luk
, 15 June, 2008 - 9:00pm
Thanks Stephen,
Thanks for the ID.
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Kurt Schaefer
, 15 June, 2008 - 9:52pm