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Photo#719162
Beetle - Glaresis

Beetle - Glaresis
Big Gypsum, CO, near Colorado/Utah border, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
June 8, 2011
Size: 4mm
Desert Riparian, caught in Tamarix habitat, keyed out to Chrysomelidae Metachroma longicolle

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Nope
Look at the legs and antennae, completely different from any chrysomellid, you have a scarab here...and from the size and over all look, especially of those back legs, its the genus Glaresis. I will have the Glaresis guru look at the image and most likely be able to get a species on it rather soon...

 
Thanks Dr. Hanley!
interesting scarab