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Peritrichia cinerea
8mm beetle, brownish with fine hair.
Garden on Hibiscus leaf. Some where also crawling into closed flowers.
Spotted on Aug 24, 2012
Submitted on Aug 25, 2012
7 Comments
no worries, fixed it. the link you sent is exactly the bug i saw. thank you Johan!
My mistake: Ovol should be Oval.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kobus101/30...
especially on the last picture, it is more clear that the "neck" head area is rounder than sharp
Hi Johan, after carefully examining many pictures and from what I remember, I believe we have the Oval hairy monkey beetle here. The Hairy darkling's nose seems too long. They are all out and about, so I will take some more for you to view.
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I see one of two options:
Hairy darkling beetle - Lagria vulnerata : 1st option for me
Ovol Hairy Monkey Beetle - Peritrichia cinerea : nose too sharp