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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) Jun 08, 2007

Another one that I think I've narrowed down but need verification. Is this a Tumbling Flower Beetle?

(classification per bugguide.net:)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetles)
Genus Mordellistena
Species cervicalis (Mordellistena cervicalis)

Thanks!

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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) Jun 08, 2007

another view

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 08, 2007

Yes Linda, I agree with your identification: http://bugguide.net/node/view/82876 . A great find as it adds another new family to BugFiles. Because it is a family not yet in BugFiles, you would not be able to insert the new species, so I have added the entry for you. Please add your images to the new entry here: http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/4689/

Ken

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