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Bothrotes plumbeus LeConte (Tenebrionidae) in Colorado Springs - Bothrotes plumbeus
Copyright © 2005 Adalbert Goertz

Bothrotes plumbeus LeConte (Tenebrionidae) in Colorado Springs - Bothrotes plumbeus
Colorado Springs, Drennan Blvd (N38° 47.041' , W104° 44.930'), El Paso County, Colorado, USA
August 21, 2005
Size: L = 11 mm
Found on Nuttallia (Mentzelia) decapetala - Blazing Evening Star. Lead-gray Bothrotes.This is a flightless beetle (no wings).

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Bothrotes plumbeus LeConte (Tenebrionidae) in Colorado Springs - Bothrotes plumbeus Bothrotes plumbeus LeConte (Tenebrionidae) in Colorado Springs - Bothrotes plumbeus
Contributed by Adalbert Goertz on 22 August, 2005 - 9:21pm
Last updated 20 January, 2011 - 12:35pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 2 April, 2007 - 5:59am

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