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Eastern Rhopalophora

Rhopalophora longipes

Photo by Aaron_G
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36.1524, -95.9904

Field Notes

Habitat:

City park

Notes:

Feeding on unidentified flowers.

Reference Links:

Rhopalophora longipes - Overview, Species Rhopalophora longipes - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Aaron_G
Thanks. I don't know the tree they're on, but I have found them several days in a row on these particular flowers. The carpet beetles also enjoy this tree.

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