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tiny beetle - Mordellina pustulata

tiny beetle - Mordellina pustulata
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
March 30, 2010
Size: 4-5mm in length
I think these classify as beetles. These were on one out of every four or five fleabane flowers. Generally it was a pair but sometimes there would only be one. I did not see any of them obviously mating though. I do have a couple of other shots if an important diagnostic feature is not visible.

Moved
Moved from Mordella.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Tumbling flower beetles
Family Mordellidae. See here.

 
Mordella sp. (s. lato)
could be in a different genus now.

 
Thank you both.
Mordella marginata looks like a strong candidate based on the images. I will move it to genus pending further ID, especially since there is no record (in the guide) for it in FL yet.

 
rather Mordellistena pustulata
see

 
Thank you
I will move it there now.

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