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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Melandryinae » Orchesiini » Orchesia » Orchesia gracilis
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Beetle - Orchesia gracilis
Copyright © 2011 J. Ott

Beetle - Orchesia gracilis
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
January 29, 2011
Size: 3.8mm
Found under bark and id appreciated.

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Contributed by J. Ott on 30 January, 2011 - 7:26pm
Last updated 30 January, 2011 - 8:34pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Orchesia.
… v belov, 30 January, 2011 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
from D.A. Pollock:
"Well, I can't really see the eyes clearly... but by the shape of the terminal max. palpomere, it definitely isn't cultriformis, castanea, or ovata... that leaves gracilis, I believe."
… v belov, 7 February, 2011 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 30 January, 2011 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V,strange none posted from
any southern states.
… J. Ott, 30 January, 2011 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah, that's odd, i agree
Fla. list shows all 3 common, widespread eastern spp.
… v belov, 30 January, 2011 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
they are great jumpers...
...and may be hard to photograph because of that; they also show up at my patio lights all the time -- i see maybe a dozen a summer there
… v belov, 30 January, 2011 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah,this one jumped like a clicker,kinda which had
me stumped.Tricky beetle anyhow and we need more.
… J. Ott, 30 January, 2011 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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