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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » Lined June Beetles (Polyphylla) » Polyphylla cavifrons
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Unknown Beetle Found in Yuma, AZ - Polyphylla cavifrons - male
Copyright © 2009 D.A.F.

Unknown Beetle Found in Yuma, AZ - Polyphylla cavifrons - Male
Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
May 2, 2009
Don't know what type beetle this is. I also took a photo of it's side. This guy was happy to be just still and not moving up the side of the house. He's almost directly under a porch light at night close to around 10p. Temp was around 83. He's a gorgeous guy.
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Contributed by D.A.F. on 6 May, 2009 - 7:09pm
Last updated 12 August, 2011 - 2:36pm

Moved
Moved from Lined June Beetles.
… v belov, 22 November, 2010 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

Polyphylla cavifrons LeConte, 1854
Male - not a female as posted.
… D.A. La Rue, 10 July, 2010 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Polyphylla cavifrons
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… Mirabilis, 5 July, 2010 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Looks Polyphylla-ish, but don
Looks Polyphylla-ish, but don't take that as an ID. Someone more knowledgeable will probably weigh in with a confirmation
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 6 May, 2009 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
any guess is a good one. May
any guess is a good one. Maybe someone out there can pinpoint it . Thanks!
… D.A.F., 7 May, 2009 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

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