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Bee beetle

Trichius fasciatus

Photo by Jopy
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43.6162, 17.6173

Field Notes

Habitat:

mountain clearing, 1600 m/asl

Species ID Suggestions

Bee beetle

Trichius sp.

Bee beetle

Trichius fasciatus

Comments (4)

thank you, injica and Daniele for ID...
Thanks for narrowing it down injica! These are beyond my "comfort zone" :-) Beautiful mimics.
omg, yours Daniele looks very unusual with no hair :) anyway you are right they are all very similar but I would doubt only between two: "The most reliable criteria is based on a sharp tooth located at two third of the tibia on the middle legs of Trichius fasciatus. Trichius zonatus only shows a small rounded bump at the same location."
Hi Jopy! These are hard to ID :-( Here's mine in any case: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14855415 Same habitat and almost same altitude :-)

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