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Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta
28.5364, -81.0176
Field Notes
Description:
Identification
Distinctive medium-sized beetle with yellow-orange to brown and black elytra, with striking triangular pattern on pronotum.
Habitat:
Orlando Wetlands.
Habitat
Meadows with flowers.
Notes:
Season
Mostly: Jun-Jul (Full: May-Nov)
Food
Adults take pollen and/or nectar. (Possibly eat vegetative parts as well?) Food plants include Goldenrod (Solidago), Feverfew (Parthenium), Coneflower (Echinacea), and Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccafolium).
Life Cycle
Mating occurs on flowers. Larvae are found in decaying wood, e.g., stumps, and have also been found in bromeliads.
Perhaps the Delta pattern on the pronotum, combined with the orange coloration of the elytra is mimicry of wasps, such as...
Paper Wasp, Polistes fuscatus/Southern Yellowjacket, Vespula squamosa
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