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Family Ripiphoridae - Wedge-shaped Beetles


Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male Pirhidius n. sp. - Pirhidius undescribed - male

Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ripiphorid - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Beetle ~9mm - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Beetle ~9mm - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ptilophorus wrightii (~8mm) mating behaviors - Ptilophorus wrightii - male Ptilophorus wrightii (~8mm) mating behaviors - Ptilophorus wrightii - female Ptilophorus wrightii from Peppersauce Canyon - Ptilophorus wrightii - male

Wedge-shaped Beetle - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Trigonodera schaefferi - female Trigonodera schaefferi Rivnay - Trigonodera schaefferi - female Skinny tenebrionoid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - male Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female Ripiphorid - Pelecotoma flavipes - female

ID help please - Macrosiagon limbata A DEVIL of a bug - Macrosiagon octomaculata - female Macrosaigon cruentum cruentum (Germar) - Macrosiagon cruenta - female small black and orange insect - Macrosiagon limbata Thought it was a bee or wasp...with bizarre antennae! - Ripiphorus rex - female Planidium larva on Sarcophaga - Macrosiagon Wedge-shaped beetle - Macrosiagon cruenta Long-necked mint eater - Macrosiagon limbata