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Spotting

Description:

Bug, "furry" bug.

Habitat:

Found this one on garden.

Notes:

When I saw it I thought it was dead, because it looked dried out, then it started moving and I noticed it look like it had wooden shell.

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6 Comments

Ursula
Ursula 11 years ago

ok. i've added two new close-ups of this bug. these tropinota species look all so similar to each other! this hirta is a lot like the one one the picture ...

Jopy
Jopy 11 years ago

sorry, "between"

Jopy
Jopy 11 years ago

ursula, try to compare with this pictures, i think difference betwin species is in white spots and hairy body: http://services.completefrance.com/forum...

injica
injica 11 years ago

yes but try google tropinota hirta and you can see that they are both very similar....

Ursula
Ursula 11 years ago

thx for the beginning. it really does resemble this one a lot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropinota_s... - what do you think?

injica
injica 11 years ago

Tropinota sp. but for the rest I don't know me and Jopy we are already some time trying to figure out what is the key to its identification ;)

Ursula
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Ursula

Domžale, Zahodna Slovenija, Slovenia

Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 20, 2013

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