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Flower Scarab - Gnorimella maculosa

Flower Scarab - Gnorimella maculosa
South side of highway at river landing., St. Louis County, MN Hwy 2 & St. Louis River County, Minnesota, USA
June 30, 2011
Size: 13 mm
While waiting for my daughter to secure her kayak on the car, I noticed this scarab on a "wild carrot" flower head along with two Trichiotinus. At first glance, the markings on the pygidium reminded me of a wasp's face. When I could get a closer look it didn't appear to be Trichiotinus. I found Gnorimella maculosa to look similiar but the spots on the pronotum were a little different as was the darker color of the elytra. The black lines in the yellow on the pygidium look a little different also. Is it a variation of Gnorimella maculosa, or something else entirely? I'm going to attempt to download two more photos. The time was about 1340 hours and it was sunny. TIA for any and all help.

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Gnorimella maculosa---dark form
Jeffery Hahn with the Entomology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, was kind enough to checked the museum collection where he found three specimens of this insect, which was donated to the museum.

Gnorimella maculosa, dark form --det. A.V. Evans
Moved from ID Request.

 
Gnorimella maculosa
This was my first submission. Thank you very much for taking the time to make the identification.

 
congrats! it's a hit...
here's what Andrew Smith has to say: "...The record from Minnesota is definitely of interest and may be a state record!"

intriguing; looks very Gnorimus-y...
...but very different from those Gnorimella maculosa i've seen -- and i can't think of anything else of similar habitus in your area...

 
Gnorimella ?
I've sent these same photos to the Entomology Dept at UMN in the Twin Cities to see what is comparable in their collection. When the response arrives I'll update this page.

 
cool.
i'll ask around, too

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