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tumbling flower beetle, pintail beetle

Gilpa sp.

Description:

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

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...

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Mordellidae


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5 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

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

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

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

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years 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...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

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

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

nice coloring

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

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

Spotted for Mission

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