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Meloidae - Pyrota lineata
Copyright © 2008 Peter May

Meloidae - Pyrota lineata
DeLand, Volusia County, Florida, USA
October 16, 2008
Size: 15mm
On Pityopsis
Contributed by Peter May on 18 October, 2008 - 5:04am
Last updated 18 July, 2009 - 7:38pm

Moved
Moved from Pyrota.
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2008 - 6:57pm

I have
a couple images of this same beetle from Sept. so I subscribed to your image and this one to see if it would get ID'd, after Texhoma suggested pyrota I looked around and found Pyrota lineata, I wonder if this could be a possibility?
… Machele White, 18 October, 2008 - 3:42pm

 
Brilliant
Pyrota lineata looks like a match. Thanks Machele and texhoma.
… Peter May, 18 October, 2008 - 4:03pm

 
Agreed, Pyrota lineata.
Agreed, Pyrota lineata.
… Dennis Haines, 11 December, 2008 - 5:13pm

Pyrota
Looks like a Pyrota.
… Kurt Schaefer, 18 October, 2008 - 8:40am

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