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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Trichiini » Trigonopeltastes » Delta Flower Scarab (Trigonopeltastes delta)
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Delta Flower Scarab--Mating - Trigonopeltastes delta - male - female
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Delta Flower Scarab--Mating - Trigonopeltastes delta - Male Female
Cornwallis Rd east of Hwy 55, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 3, 2003
Mating (or mate guarding?) while female feeding on Feverfew, Parthenium integrifolium. Note the large, downward-projecting pygidium (tip of abdomen projecting from under the elytra) of the male.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 20 March, 2004 - 1:05am
Last updated 21 January, 2017 - 8:12pm

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