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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Rhizotrogini » May Beetles (Phyllophaga)
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Melolonthine, right? - Phyllophaga
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Melolonthine, right? - Phyllophaga
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 1, 2006
Size: about 20 mm
I wouldn't ordinarily have shot this beetle, although it's not the unmarked hairless type I initially thought it was, which are contemptably plentiful. I actually went indoors for my camera to shoot what looked like a Polyp*hylla vari*olosa with the large, frondy antennae. It had vanished into the night, however, so I shot this one instead.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 July, 2006 - 3:35pm
Last updated 12 October, 2006 - 7:43am

Moved
Moved from May Beetles and June Bugs.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 October, 2006 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

sure
just saw this - one of the Phyllophaga. The 'hairy' habitus might get you to sp. in New Hampshire. If you have it, pull the tail - that'll tell you for sure.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 October, 2006 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
Pull the tail...
and a name tag pops up? I think you're referencing a procedure I haven't heard of. Remember, I'm a layman with hardly any education in entomology. I barely know my clypus from my pygidium :-)
… Jim McClarin, 14 October, 2006 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Phillip.
Of 13 spp. in state, Phyl*lophaga hir*ticula seems like a good name for this one.
… Jim McClarin, 12 October, 2006 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

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