Oriental Beetle - Exomala orientalis

Habitat: attracted to a light in a semi-rural area

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

:O Nice! Not sure right off hand... Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I have no idea if it's worn or supposed to look as is. I can't find a match in the beetle book so far, but posted it on BG for help. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Interesting! I'm guessing this is pretty tiny? Posted 6 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Exomala orientalis looks like a match to me. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1470239 Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Yesss! Thanks! Feel free to add the ID <3 Posted 6 years ago

The Oriental beetle

The Oriental beetle is a beetle about 0.7 - 1.1 cm long, with mottled, metallic brown- and black-colored elytra and a similarly-colored thorax and head during the adult stage. During the larval stage the oriental beetle can be identified by the parallel line raster pattern.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling