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Mating beetles - Podabrus rugosulus - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Mating beetles - Podabrus rugosulus - Male Female
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
May 11, 2010
Not a good angle but they were buried in the leaves.
I will frass.
Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 11 May, 2010 - 10:14pm
Last updated 12 May, 2010 - 12:53pm

angle, schmangle... lovely shot by any rate -- i'd keep it
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 May, 2010 - 11:47pm

 
beetles
Ok. Thanks V. There was something that made me think Not firefly.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 12 May, 2010 - 12:52pm

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