Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)

Beetles (Coleoptera)

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Beetles (Coleoptera)

Click beetles (Elateridae)
Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
Carab beetles (Carabidae)
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
Water beetles (several families)
Weevils (Curculionoidea)
Other beetles
Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)

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Discussion

KimberiRP wrote:
Yesterday
Possibly Ascetoderes illusus.
Ascetoderes sp. (genus)
Harrisi wrote:
Yesterday
A. guttatus or variabilis Kim? Some very similar images on ALA.
Atelicus (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
Yesterday
Belongs to the "purpurascens-group" in Melobasis, which needs further study to sort out the boundaries between the several species.
Melobasis purpurascens
kasiaaus wrote:
24 Feb 2025
Thanks Kim :-)
Coccinellidae (family)
MarkH wrote:
24 Feb 2025
I agree Kimberi. The pattern on the elytra, while a little similar, seems to be quite distinct from D. acuducta.
Diphucrania sp. (genus)

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