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Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetles - Anastrangalia laetifica - male - female
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Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetles - Anastrangalia laetifica - Male Female
Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
June 26, 2011
Anastrangalia laetifica on Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
The frasera flowers were attracting a wide variety of insects. These Flower Longhorns were the most common, though, both on the frasera and on other flowers in the area.

Note there is a 3rd insect clinging to the female's hind leg.

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Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetles - Anastrangalia laetifica - male - female Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetles - Anastrangalia laetifica - male - female Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetles - Anastrangalia laetifica - male - female
Contributed by Angela Winner on 1 October, 2011 - 6:15pm
Last updated 2 October, 2011 - 12:02am

The "3rd insect"
...may actually be an arachnid ;-)

Looks like a pseudoscorpion...compare with posts below:

 

Pseudoscorpions are flightless & often hitchhike on insects (e.g. beetles, flies) to disperse (a practice known as phoresy).

[BTW, I too would likely have initially guessed it was an insect. For fun, an informative page constrasting aspects of insects & arachnids is here.]
… Aaron Schusteff, 7 October, 2023 - 2:50pm

Moved
Moved from Dimorphic Flower Longhorn.
… Angela Winner, 2 October, 2011 - 12:02am

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… Angela Winner, 2 October, 2011 - 12:02am

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