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Bee beetle

Trichius fasciatus

Habitat:

mountain clearing, 1600 m/asl

2 Species ID Suggestions

injica
injica 10 years ago
Bee beetle
Trichius fasciatus INSECTES11bisbisbis'
Bee beetle
Trichius sp. Bee beetle


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4 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

thank you, injica and Daniele for ID...

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Thanks for narrowing it down injica! These are beyond my "comfort zone" :-) Beautiful mimics.

injica
injica 10 years ago

omg, yours Daniele looks very unusual with no hair :) anyway you are right they are all very similar but I would doubt only between two: "The most reliable criteria is based on a sharp tooth located at two third of the tibia on the middle legs of Trichius fasciatus. Trichius zonatus only shows a small rounded bump at the same location."

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Hi Jopy! These are hard to ID :-( Here's mine in any case:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148...
Same habitat and almost same altitude :-)

Jopy
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Jopy

Spotted on Aug 9, 2013
Submitted on Aug 12, 2013

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