Sordid Monkey Beetle

Hoplia sordida · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae

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Sordid Monkey Beetle
Photo: Alan Manson, CC BY

Adults are about 6.5 to 8 mm long. They are chestnut-brown with whitish or flavescent scales on the upper side and silvery-white scales on the underside and legs. They occur in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males have some whitish scales on the back, while females are fully covered with flavescent scales. Both sexes have silvery-white scales on the underside and legs.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults measure roughly 6.5 to 8 mm in length.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in South Africa, specifically in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga regions.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is South Africa’s Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Sordid Monkey Beetle photo 3
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA
Sordid Monkey Beetle photo 4
Photo: Benjamin Fredlund, CC BY
Sordid Monkey Beetle photo 5
Photo: Benjamin Fredlund, CC BY
Sordid Monkey Beetle photo 6
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA

Same family (Scarabaeidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplia_sordida

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