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Oxythyrea sp.
about 1.5 cm in length, black with white spots, seen on both star (Centaurea sp.) and cotton (Onopordum sp.) thistles
desert mountain wadis with a lot of spring vegetation
Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae. Looks like being an Oxythyrea sp., butI cannot tell you which one it actually is. Funesta??
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera...
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http://www.raywilsonbirdphotography.co.u...
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I think the genus is safe.
Spotted on Apr 24, 2014
Submitted on May 3, 2014
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