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Asphaera nobilitata
@Anne Marie... Or maybe not!
bayucca noted this on my spotting. It's a mimic of this beetle and looks more like yours.
"Look at this almost perfect mimic: Oedionychus cruxnigra (what a name!!):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-naturalis...
bayucca
I just uploaded one very like this - then came to look at Beetles of Costa Rica and saw this - I think mine is the same?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/535...
Look at this almost perfect mimic: Oedionychus cruxnigra (what a name!!):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-naturalis...
Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini, Asphaera sp. and most probably Asphaera nobilitata.
http://biodata.miza-ucv.org.ve/index.php...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62848917@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/33...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45930043@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-naturalis...