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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Prometopinae » Prometopia » Prometopia sexmaculata
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Prometopia sexmaculata
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Prometopia sexmaculata
Parsons Run, Duluth, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
May 8, 2004
Attracted to a mercury vapor lamp.
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 18 December, 2004 - 11:16am

Nice photo
Nice photo, Troy. You can see a lot of details here like the nippers on the front.

Interesting that on mine the "tortoise shell edges" appeared mostly clear, slightly pinkish, while on your beetle the edges appear amber colored. Possibly a difference in the lighting, possibly a regional variation between Virginia and Georgia.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
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