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Goldsmith Beetle

Cotalpa lanigera

Description:

Pearly-iridescent beetle approximately 0.5" in width, 0.75" in length Antennae type unknown, fuzzy beneath Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Coleoptera (Beetles) Family Scarabaeidae

Habitat:

found in active sand dunes of Pyramid Point, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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jenna.scheub
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jenna.scheub

Michigan, USA

Spotted on May 3, 2013
Submitted on May 8, 2013

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