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Besouro soldado

Chauliognathus sp.

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Besouro Soldado Chauliognathus sp. Chauliognathus | Flickr - Compartilhamento de fotos!

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus sp. Chauliognathus | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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11 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks Cindy!

Nice one Mayra!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks Atul!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

beautiful !

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks Maria, Ashish and bayucca for ID

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Cantharidae, Soldier Beetle, Chauliognathus sp., might be Chauliognathus flavipes (intermediate color morph) or Chauliognathus fallax (morph #4) or another Chauliognathus sp.:
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v16n2/v1...
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=s...
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34793073
http://www.flickr.com/photos/guilhermeid...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Firefly Beetle type (Lampyridae) head.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Beautiful series; especially like the last photo!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks, Luis and Yuko!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Congrats Mayra, you are finding beautiful spots.

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

What a beautiful vivid bug! He looks like he has hearts on this wings. :-)

MayraSpringmann
Spotted by
MayraSpringmann

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 13, 2013
Submitted on Jan 13, 2013

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