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Tumbling Flower Beetle (Mordella aculeata)

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Beetles

Tumbling Flower Beetles are a diverse group in the family Mordellidae which contains approximtely 1,500 species. They get their name from the frantic, erratic tumbling and leaping movements they make to escape predators when disturbed.

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