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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Jun 29, 2013

These little bugs were all over my Ceonanthus flowers. They are tiny, black and seemed to be sucking the flower stalks.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 29, 2013

Tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae - they do not appear to cause any real harm to the flowers, and their larvae are believed to prey on insects they find while tunneling in rotten wood or herbaceous plant stems.

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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Jun 30, 2013

Wow!!! I never would have gotten that one. Thank you so much Flapdoodle. ☺

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 30, 2013

You're welcome - I first encountered these in the 1950s on our farm near Minot while working on my 4-H insect collection.

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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Jun 30, 2013

I can see now why your so good at ID. You have loved bugs your whole life. I'm just noticing more and more insects now that I live further away from the city with all the chemicals that were around my old garden. Maybe in 50 years (in my next life) I'll be as knowledgeable as you. Have a good day. ♥

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