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red pronotum beetle - Batyle ignicollis

red pronotum beetle - Batyle ignicollis
Cedar Bluffs State Park, Trego County, Kansas, USA
June 7, 2009
Size: 1cm
Found on some kind of sage or possibly a composite, Bahia. Can someone ID? You there Eric?

Batyle ignicollis - Fire-necked Batyle Beetle

 
Thanks Andy:
there seem to be alot of similarly patterned beetles in more than one family, making it more difficult for an amateur like me.

 
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I had to ask when I found mine. :) I'm more photographer than taxonomist, but this one I knew from the past experience.

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