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Zack Saavedra
Tumbling Flower Beetle
Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Randall County, Texas, USA
May 29, 2021
Resting on the base of the capitulum of a Chalk Hill hymenopappus (
Hymenopappus tenuifolius
) growing alongside the Givens-Spicer-Lowry Trail.
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Contributed by
Zack Saavedra
on 4 September, 2021 - 1:46pm
Last updated 24 June, 2022 - 2:37pm
Moved
Moved from
Tumbling Flower Beetles
.
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Boris Büche
, 24 June, 2022 - 2:37pm
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Moved
Moved from
Beetles
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Guy A. Hanley
, 27 September, 2021 - 10:52am
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it's in that tribe, and possibly in that genus
doesn't look like much id potential here beyond tribe
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v belov
, 4 September, 2021 - 3:05pm
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No Worries
If I remember correctly, it was a little windy that day, so focusing on it was rather difficult, what with the flower it was on swaying this way and that.
Perhaps I'll see it again when I return to the state park. I'll make sure to get a better series of images of it.
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Zack Saavedra
, 27 September, 2021 - 6:40pm
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