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Tumbling Flower beetle

Glipa malaccana

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

gold, black and white patterned insect

Habitat:

rainforest, 1000m

Notes:

One of the coolest insects I've spotted in Gunung Merapi national park.

Species ID Suggestions

Tumbling flower beetle

Glipa malaccana

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (7)
Scott Frazier
My pleasure Gents. Now if I could nail down mine...but I think it must be Glipa sp. too. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10137838 and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11369458
Dan Doucette
Thanks Scott, I did some searching and added that to my notes, but with your confirmation, I've updated.
Jacob Gorneau
So glad you could narrow it down to a species, Scott! These are even difficult in NA!
Scott Frazier
This is a tumbling flower beetle aka pintail beetle, Family Mordellidae.
Jacob Gorneau
Amazing find! This is a rolling flower beetle (Mordellidae), named for their behavior to quickly roll off the plant they are on (often in or around a flower). They are also present where we live in North America, but they are much less colorful!

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PublishedOctober 13, 2014

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