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Harlequin Flower Beetle, Flower Chafer
Gymnetis caseyi
16.9944, -89.0476
Field Notes
Description:
This is a clunky beetle, heavy, thick and highly variable in its markings of black and yellow. It's about ¾" long and 5/8" wide, with short antennae (see #2). I included photos of several individuals who visited ripe fruit over the course of a week or two, to show the variation in markings. This is a shy beetle, hides under the fruit if disturbed.
Habitat:
Flies around the moist rainforest, in the foothills of the Maya Mts., in western Belize, searching for ripe or rotting fruit.
Notes:
These guys are ponderous, noisy flyers, and land clumsily on the fruit.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 3, 2016
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