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Photo#215326
Coleoptera - Scirtes orbiculatus

Coleoptera - Scirtes orbiculatus
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
August 17, 2008
Size: ~3mm
I think this belongs somewhere in Tribe Alticini. Found near shore of a lake.

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scirtid
See . I'm not a scirtid expert so don't take that as a species ID. Hopefully someone will be able to put a definitive species name on it.

 
i think Jeff Gruber got it right
(Nice try mimicking a ladybug)
Great find and really impressive job! Thanks

 
Jeff, V...
Thanks! I have images of another similar beetle which is slightly smaller and reddish brown colored taken in the same location. I will post these later.

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