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Darkling beetle

Amarygmus sp.

Photo by aldrin
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Species ID Suggestions

Darkling beetle

Family: Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

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Comments (8)
aldrin
misako.hill, asergio, Rolo thanks! : )
MartinL
Thanks for that detail about the red reflection. I hadn't picked that up.
aldrin
martin, thank you for the help... : )
aldrin
the red color on the sides are just the reflection from the pot where it was on..
MartinL
They're rarely this colorful and who knows how they're not in Chrysomelidae. I've spotted another and its a Tenebrionidae. I think yours is too. But I don't know the species http://www.flickr.com/photos/66925960@N08/6190126681/in/set-72157627569531870

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