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Soldier Beetle

Description:

Orange beetle with two black dots in the wings cover. It moved all the time maybe searching for food.

Habitat:

Shrubs.

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9 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Karen Saxton, Gilma Jeannette, Tom15, Lauren Zarate, EnvUnlimited, José Miguel Diaz and Rieko.

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Very pretty.

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

Nice!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Great photo!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Looks like something in the genus Chauliognathus. I just can't find a good species match. Nice find!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you jtzofrea for the ID suggestion.

Great picture and beetle, Luis.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

beautiful!

jtzofrea
jtzofrea 10 years ago

could be a soldier beetle of some type...

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 27, 2013
Submitted on Nov 19, 2013

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