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Short-winged Flower Beetle - Brachypterus urticae
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Short-winged Flower Beetle - Brachypterus urticae
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
August 23, 2011
Size: 2mm
Contributed by tom murray on 24 August, 2011 - 7:21pm
Last updated 12 September, 2011 - 1:47pm

Brachypterus sp., prob. B. urticae --det. A.R. Cline
Moved from Short-winged Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 12 September, 2011 - 1:47pm

nice!
how do I find some too? Sweeping flowers?
… Tim Moyer, 26 August, 2011 - 11:24am

 
Pretty much
I got these by sweeping through flowers and the grassy weeds around them. They're tiny so you have to look carefully in the bottom of the net for them. Good luck.
… tom murray, 26 August, 2011 - 12:29pm

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