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tumbling flower beetle, pintail beetle

Description:

Unidentified pintail beetle (Mordellidae) http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=slidesh...

Habitat:

Spotted on a fern in a large semi-urban yard & garden, near a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest.

Notes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39295360@N0...


1 species ID suggestions

Mordellidae

5 Comments

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

Actually besides Craig's, there is one (more) here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/857...

oxyjack
oxyjack a year ago

Nice! First mordellid beetle I've seen on this site!

craigwilliams
craigwilliams a year ago

Nice to see another species of these. I'd never heard of them either before posting my spot! : http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/750...

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

missjellyfishy, thanks for identifying the family! I was unfamiliar with it.

Maria dB
Maria dB a year ago

nice coloring

Indonesia

Lat: -2.56, Long: 140.50

Spotted on Feb 26, 2012
Submitted on Apr 1, 2012

Spotted for mission

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