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Tiny Horned Beetle - Platydema excavata
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Tiny Horned Beetle - Platydema excavata
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 18, 2012
Smaller than the Neomida bicornis I find around my house, and with smaller "horns" as well.

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Tiny Horned Beetle - Platydema excavata Tiny Horned Beetle - Platydema excavata
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 30 May, 2012 - 1:33am
Last updated 3 June, 2012 - 2:13am

Moved
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 3 June, 2012 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Ashley Bradford, 30 May, 2012 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Patydema sp.
probably excavatum
… Brad Barnd, 30 May, 2012 - 3:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Is there not a section here for Patydema yet?
… Ashley Bradford, 30 May, 2012 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
there is...
if Brad would just spell it correctly :)...it's PLatydema. Sorry Brad, you walked right into that one :)
… Blaine Mathison, 30 May, 2012 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
lol
i just wasn't completely awake yet
… Brad Barnd, 30 May, 2012 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Ha! Thanks -
I thought it sounded familiar... ;-)

Oh, and I see WonGun Kim has already posted a P. excavatum from a bit down the road, so they're definitely in my area.
… Ashley Bradford, 30 May, 2012 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

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