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Small beetle on a coneflower head - Acmaeodera
Copyright © 2022 Andrew Kahl

Small beetle on a coneflower head - Acmaeodera
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 24, 2022
Size: ~6mm
Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 24 June, 2022 - 8:37pm
Last updated 25 June, 2022 - 8:40am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bruce Tilden, 25 June, 2022 - 8:40am

buprestid
I'd guess something in [iAcmaeodera[/i]
… Steve Scholnick, 24 June, 2022 - 9:04pm

 
buprestid beetle
Steve,
Thank you for the Acmaeodera suggestion.
I do not have the photo of the bug's ventral aspect, so I hesitate to identify it as Acmaeodera.

Andrew
… Andrew Kahl, 24 June, 2022 - 9:39pm

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