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Photo by Daniel McNair
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Field Notes

Notes:

Anyone know what this is?

Species ID Suggestions

Delta Flower Scarab

Trigonopeltastes delta

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Dragoon
5

Bumble Beetle

Euphoria inda

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RoseMallow
1

Comments (8)
Daniel McNair
Y'all are fantastic. Thanks for the help! I'm going to go with Trigonopeltastes delta for now.
alicelongmartin
A Beetle that is out to eat the flower not just take nectar!
JohnStrickland
There is no way that is a bumblebee. If it is, then it is the first bald bumblebee I have ever seen. Lol
Dragoon
Found it when I searched "yellow triangle beetle".. Funny! Haha.
Dragoon
It's definitely some form of Scarabaeidae in my opinion, I agree on that, the bumble beetle doesn't match the marking enough for me though. That's some fascinating marking-- I'd expect that to be in plain sight of texts, but I haven't been able to find a match either. Still looking.
RoseMallow
I did not find an exact match for your image, but the head, antenna and body shape suggest some sort of Bumble Beetle.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2012

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