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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Rain Beetles (Pleocomidae) » Rain Beetles (Pleocoma)
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Rain Beetle - Pleocoma - male
Copyright © 2006 Sherry Wellborn

Rain Beetle - Pleocoma - Male
Lorane: 18 miles southwest of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
Size: about an inch long

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Contributed by Sherry Wellborn on 20 October, 2006 - 5:08pm

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Linking, either by Add Image or Tagging and Linking, should only be used for the same individual. For reference, here's the image you linked to:
… Chuck Entz, 23 November, 2006 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Here are the photos, another
Here are the photos, another male. The kids and I were out before dawn when this guy was flying to try to find a female under the trees, but didn't, of course. I'd love to find one. They should be on the surface when the males are flying.
… Sherry Wellborn, 20 October, 2006 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
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Pleocoma puncticollis, female above, male below
… Phillip Harpootlian, 16 November, 2006 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm told ..
the females remain in burrows as the males are in flight. Good additional shots - the very hairy ventrum and that shovel shaped head are typical.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 20 October, 2006 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

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