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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Flea Marsh Beetles (Ora) » Ora texana
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Flea Marsh Beetle - Ora texana
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Flea Marsh Beetle - Ora texana
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
October 13, 2008
Size: 4-5mm
This beetle reminds me of an airplane in a 30's cartoon. I imagine it's one of the shining flower beetles with possibly its wings poking out of elytra. Any other ideas?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 2 March, 2009 - 8:51am
Last updated 6 July, 2012 - 10:50pm

feel pretty good about it
Moved from Flea Marsh Beetles.
… v belov, 8 May, 2009 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

It is
Ora sp. (Scirtidae)
… Michael C. Thomas, 2 March, 2009 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Another place to look
is in this section of the Scirtids.
… tom murray, 2 March, 2009 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

I would start in
Alticini (Flea Beetles), but I'm no expert.
… John R. Maxwell, 2 March, 2009 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

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