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Asydates grandiceps
Photo#214170
Copyright © 2008
Peter Bryant
Small flower beetle -
Asydates grandiceps
James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
August 14, 2008
Size: 4mm bl
On Twiggy Wreath
Contributed by
Peter Bryant
on 15 August, 2008 - 8:13am
Last updated 22 April, 2017 - 1:30pm
thanks again, Matt
Moved from
Dasytinae
.
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v belov
, 22 April, 2017 - 1:30pm
Scelopristis grandiceps
Looks to be a female
S. grandiceps
, one of the few dasytine species active in southern California in late summer.
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Matthew L. Gimmel
, 22 April, 2017 - 12:45pm
Moved
Moved from
Soft-winged Flower Beetles
.
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 22 September, 2008 - 10:11pm
can be safely moved to Dasytinae
*
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v belov
, 15 August, 2008 - 11:43am
Dasytinae
The antennae on this one seem to be much shorter than on the others posted for this subfamily.
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Peter Bryant
, 23 September, 2008 - 9:00am
...due to traumatic amputation, no doubt
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v belov
, 8 August, 2011 - 1:17pm