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Three-lined Hoplia - Rear End Somewhat risqu&eacute; (haha), but so pretty! The &quot;rear end&quot; of this gorgeous beetle is covered in scales that look like miniature, iridescent sesame seeds.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60156/three-lined_hoplia.html" title="Three-lined Hoplia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/60156_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=O7hggNookK64nwURZ75m3LbHfmw%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Three-lined Hoplia This fuzzy monkey beetle was quite the beauty. I think it is a female as it was brown with brown and yellow scales - males are black with gray pubescence. These beetles have three-segmented, clubbed antennae and fantastically distinct mesotarsal claws.<br /> <br /> I found it on the side of a river where it was admiring the sycamore trees. <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60157/three-lined_hoplia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60155/three-lined_hoplia_-_rear_end.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60154/three-lined_hoplia.html Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,insect,monkey beetle,trifasciata" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60154/three-lined_hoplia.html" title="Three-lined Hoplia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/60154_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=GIgpVZsRrNk7rWAkPUIi%2BFfpxGI%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Three-lined Hoplia This fuzzy monkey beetle was quite the beauty. I think it is a female as it was brown with brown and yellow scales - males are black with gray pubescence. These beetles have three-segmented, clubbed antennae and fantastically distinct mesotarsal claws.<br /> <br /> I found it on the side of a river where it was admiring the sycamore trees.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60155/three-lined_hoplia_-_rear_end.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60156/three-lined_hoplia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60157/three-lined_hoplia.html Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three lined Hoplia,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,monkey beetle,trifasciata" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60157/three-lined_hoplia.html" title="Three-lined Hoplia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/60157_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=dwkDThZtSRQb56omclYSZZnbI2Q%3D" width="200" height="146" alt="Three-lined Hoplia This fuzzy monkey beetle was quite the beauty. I think it is a female as it was brown with brown and yellow scales - males are black with gray pubescence. These beetles have three-segmented, clubbed antennae and fantastically distinct mesotarsal claws.<br /> <br /> I found it on the side of a river where it was admiring the sycamore trees. <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60156/three-lined_hoplia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60155/three-lined_hoplia_-_rear_end.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60154/three-lined_hoplia.html Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,insect,monkey beetle,trifasciata" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,insect,monkey beetle,trifasciata Click/tap to enlarge

Three-lined Hoplia - Rear End

Somewhat risqué (haha), but so pretty! The "rear end" of this gorgeous beetle is covered in scales that look like miniature, iridescent sesame seeds.

Three-lined Hoplia This fuzzy monkey beetle was quite the beauty. I think it is a female as it was brown with brown and yellow scales - males are black with gray pubescence. These beetles have three-segmented, clubbed antennae and fantastically distinct mesotarsal claws.<br /> <br /> I found it on the side of a river where it was admiring the sycamore trees. <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60157/three-lined_hoplia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60155/three-lined_hoplia_-_rear_end.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60154/three-lined_hoplia.html Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,insect,monkey beetle,trifasciata

Three-lined Hoplia This fuzzy monkey beetle was quite the beauty. I think it is a female as it was brown with brown and yellow scales - males are black with gray pubescence. These beetles have three-segmented, clubbed antennae and fantastically distinct mesotarsal claws.<br /> <br /> I found it on the side of a river where it was admiring the sycamore trees.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60155/three-lined_hoplia_-_rear_end.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60156/three-lined_hoplia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60157/three-lined_hoplia.html Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three lined Hoplia,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,monkey beetle,trifasciata

Three-lined Hoplia This fuzzy monkey beetle was quite the beauty. I think it is a female as it was brown with brown and yellow scales - males are black with gray pubescence. These beetles have three-segmented, clubbed antennae and fantastically distinct mesotarsal claws.<br /> <br /> I found it on the side of a river where it was admiring the sycamore trees. <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60156/three-lined_hoplia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60155/three-lined_hoplia_-_rear_end.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60154/three-lined_hoplia.html Geotagged,Scarabaeidae,Spring,Three-lined Hoplia,United States,beetle,hoplia,hoplia trifasciata,insect,monkey beetle,trifasciata

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    This is the cutest beetle butt ever! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Truly! This beetle's got back, haha. Posted 7 years ago

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The Three lined hoplium

''Hoplia trifasciata'', the three lined hoplium, is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America.

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Uploaded May 18, 2018. Captured May 3, 2018 10:04 in Main St S, Southbury, CT 06488, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm