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Phoenix Billbug (Sphenophorus phoeniciensis)
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Copyright © 2010
margarethe brummermann
Sphenophorus sp. -
Sphenophorus phoeniciensis
Portal, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 12, 2010
Size: 7.5 mm
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Contributed by
margarethe brummermann
on 14 July, 2010 - 11:28am
Last updated 14 July, 2010 - 12:56pm
Photo #426452 Phoenix Billbug
May I please have permission to use your photo #112146 of a Phoenix billbug? It would be used in an online course about turf pests for PMPs.
Thanks,
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Erin
, 21 September, 2017 - 1:53pm
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Please
contact me at mbrummermann@comcast.net
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margarethe brummermann
, 21 September, 2017 - 4:01pm
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ID
Sphenophorus phoeniciensis Correct ID. The large, somewhat elongate, subapical, deep, prothoracic pit is diagnostic.
The M-shaped black fascia behind the pit is also diagnostic.The pit is not sexual but varies some in size and depth in the species.
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Charles W. O'Brien
, 15 July, 2010 - 6:23pm
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the median pit must be diagnostic
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v belov
, 14 July, 2010 - 12:57pm
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Moved
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Blaine Mathison
, 14 July, 2010 - 12:56pm
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glad you got it
i was just wondering...
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v belov
, 14 July, 2010 - 12:58pm
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