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Beary Monkey Beetle
Anisonyx ursinus
Anisonyx ursinus, the beary monkey beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
From the article Anisonyx ursinus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5–8.5 mm (0.30–0.33 in). They are black with brown elytra and legs. There are scattered, white-yellow scales, distributed in small clusters on the pronotum, elytra, propygidium and pygidium. They have black, long hairs, which become white on the scutellum.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 649803.