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Variole Paropsine Beetle

Paropsis variolosa

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Description:

15mm half sphere, warm orange brown with large brown eyes (see references for more

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Paropsis, Variole Paropsine Beetle - Paropsis variolosa

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Comments (14)
StephenSolomons
Thanks Martini and KarenL. This place seems to have small numbers of a very wide slice of life. Very nice to be able to share them!
MartinL
That's a great observation Stephen. I've never see those here. They sometimes have a battle scar such as injured antennae, as yours does.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2013

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