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Tiny scarab beetle - Pachybrachis
Copyright © 2013 Kim Davis & Mike Stangeland

Tiny scarab beetle - Pachybrachis
Hi Mountain Road, near Lopez Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
August 27, 2013
This beetle is tiny. That's a sedge seed head it's sitting on, this is new to us and we hope someone can help with ID. Thanks in advance.

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Contributed by Kim Davis & Mike Stangeland on 29 August, 2013 - 11:02pm
Last updated 17 August, 2014 - 8:39pm

Moved
Moved from Scriptured Leaf Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 17 August, 2014 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles.
… Kim Davis & Mike Stangeland, 30 August, 2013 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

not a scarab
it's a chrysomelid; prob a Pachybrachis sp.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 August, 2013 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Pachybrachis indeed; ~50 spp. recorded in California
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… v belov, 30 August, 2013 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

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