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Goldsmith Beetle

Cotalpa lanigera

Photo by jenna.scheub
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Field Notes

Description:

Pearly-iridescent beetle approximately 0.5" in width, 0.75" in length
Antennae type unknown, fuzzy beneath

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae

Habitat:

found in active sand dunes of Pyramid Point, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Species ID Suggestions

Goldsmith Beetle

Cotalpa lanigera

Reference Link
KeithRoragen
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