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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Rhizotrogini » May Beetles (Phyllophaga) » Subgenus Cnemarachis (Phyllophaga Subgenus Cnemarachis) » Cuban May Beetle (Phyllophaga bruneri)
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Mating Beetles - Phyllophaga bruneri - male - female
Copyright © 2014 Alan Chin Lee

Mating Beetles - Phyllophaga bruneri - Male Female
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
August 31, 2014
Size: ~1 cm
Mating at night around 8:15 PM.
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Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 2 September, 2014 - 10:42pm
Last updated 4 September, 2014 - 3:56pm

Moved
Outer carina on hind tibia appears incomplete, also coloration and location point to this species.
… Kyle Schnepp, 4 September, 2014 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Kyle
For the points on determining this species.
… Alan Chin Lee, 26 September, 2014 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Phyllophaga...Pheelin' Gooda
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 3 September, 2014 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Blaine:
Thanks for the ID. Is there a better angle or detail which will help to narrow this pair to the species level? Thanks again.
… Alan Chin Lee, 3 September, 2014 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

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