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Delta Flower Beetle 50D0004225

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Delta Flower Beetle (Trigonopeltastes delta)

The Delta Flower Beetle is widely distributed in the eastern US. It was found to be the most common of all flower-visiting beetles in the Florida Everglades. It is also commonly known as the Delta Flower Scarab or the "D beetle". The triangle on the beetle's pronotum has been suggested as mimicry of the markings on paper wasps in the genus Polistes. Most of its activities revolve around flowers - they eat pollen and mate almost exclusively on flower blossoms.

Delta flower beetles are members of the subfamily Cetoniinae, commonly called fruit or flower chafers. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.

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Image size
3939x3030px 2.61 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 50D
Shutter Speed
1/332 second
Aperture
F/9.0
Focal Length
100 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Jul 18, 2009, 12:10:00 PM
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Octoboy-the-8th's avatar
Such a cool marking. That really does look like a letter Δ. Brilliant shot of this loud-patterned creature.