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Small flower beetle - Asydates grandiceps
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.
… 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.
… Matthew L. Gimmel, 22 April, 2017 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… 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.
… Peter Bryant, 23 September, 2008 - 9:00am

 
...due to traumatic amputation, no doubt
… v belov, 8 August, 2011 - 1:17pm

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