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Catalog #:
25440172
Taxon:
Phyllophaga bruneri Chapin, 1932
Family: Scarabaeidae
Family: Scarabaeidae
Determiner: marymangiapia (2019-07-01T14:56:51Z)
Collector:
joiner_c_6
Date: 2019-05-20
Verbatim Date: Mon May 20 2019 08:16:51 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Locality:
United States, Florida
27.8033498718 -82.4516370109 +-29680m.
Occurrence Remarks:
I found this beetle-like insect hanging out in an old water fountain near a park where I live. It’s roughly the size of a nickel with no identifiable reproductive structures. It has three pairs of legs with a brown colored head and body with several thin strips of lighter brown pigments. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, it belongs to the family Scarabaeidae, or scarab beetles. Being attracted to lights and moisture, that explains why this little guy was hanging out at the water fountain where a street light hangs right above it! https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/may-beetles-june-bugs
Establishment Means:
wild
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Record
Id: ad5c7f1f-8d08-40fa-a4dd-c8a232512c60
Occurrence ID (GUID):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25440172
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Ken-ichi Ueda (kueda@inaturalist.org)
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