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Prickly Pear Fruit Beetles - Largus
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Prickly Pear Fruit Beetles - Largus
Joshua Tree National Park, San Bernardino County, California, USA
October 4, 2008
Size: < 1 cm
Many of these small beetles were found feeding on prickly pear fruit.

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Prickly Pear Fruit Beetles - Largus Prickly Pear Fruit Beetles - Largus
Contributed by dzrtgrls on 6 October, 2008 - 12:21am
Last updated 20 March, 2009 - 6:19pm

Moved
Moved from Largus.
… v belov, 20 March, 2009 - 6:19pm

Bug, not beetle.
This is the nymph of a true bug of some kind, quite possibly in the family Largidae, genus Largus. Nice image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 October, 2008 - 1:21am

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