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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera tubulus
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Beetles mating on hawkweed flower - Acmaeodera tubulus - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Beetles mating on hawkweed flower - Acmaeodera tubulus - Male Female
Mt. Norwottuck, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 1, 2009
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 July, 2009 - 10:55pm
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 4:56pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 10 August, 2009 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

must be Acmaeodera
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… v belov, 8 July, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Acmaeodera tubulus, then?
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… Charley Eiseman, 8 July, 2009 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
i'm clueless about them -- never tried to ID American spp
must be very few in your area, though -- not exactly their hotbed
… v belov, 8 July, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, I bet the beetles think they're in a hotbed.
Sizzlin' buprestids in love.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 July, 2009 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

 
You don't know the half of it
I spared y'all the ménage à trois series.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 July, 2009 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

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