Gratiana pallidula, U, Back, MD, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center_2013-07-08-17.44.37 ZS PMax

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Gratiana pallidula, U, Back, MD, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center_2013-07-08-17.44.37 ZS PMax

Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
I feel like I should know what this beetle is...but I do not. It has a tortoise beetle feel. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Anne Arundel County, MD, Identified as Gratiana pallidula, Eggplant Tortoise Beetle by Treegoat. Living specimens are a nice hospital green.

Gratiana pallidula, U, Face, MD, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center_2013-07-08-17.51.32 ZS PMax

Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
I feel like I should know what this beetle is...but I do not. It has a tortoise beetle feel. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Anne Arundel County, MD Identified as Gratiana pallidula, Eggplant Tortoise Beetle by Treegoat. Living specimens are a nice hospital green.

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Sphecodes sp, F, Side, Puerto Rico, St. Isabel_2013-07-11-17.28.30 ZS PMax

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Sphecodes sp, F, Side, Puerto Rico, St. Isabel_2013-07-11-17.28.30 ZS PMax

Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
A species of Sphecodes captured in agriculture areas of Puerto Rico by Sara Prado. This is either a new island record or a new species as there are no known records for Sphecodes for the island. Notice the lovely WIPs (Wing Interference Patterns)

Sphecodes sp, F, Back 1, Puerto Rico, St. Isabel_2013-07-11-17.06.09 ZS PMax

Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
A species of Sphecodes captured in agriculture areas of Puerto Rico by Sara Prado. This is either a new island record or a new species as there are no known records for Sphecodes for the island. Notice the lovely WIPs (Wing Interference Patterns)

Sphecodes sp, F, Back, Puerto Rico, St. Isabel_2013-07-11-17.12.59 ZS PMax

Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
A species of Sphecodes captured in agriculture areas of Puerto Rico by Sara Prado. This is either a new island record or a new species as there are no known records for Sphecodes for the island.Notice the lovely WIPs (Wing Interference Patterns)