Adult Masked Chafer (IMAGE)

Entomological Society of America

Adult Masked Chafer

Caption

Adult masked chafers are small brown beetles (10-15 mm long depending on the species) with a distinctive black stripe or mask across the eyes and face. The one shown here (Cyclocephala pasadenae) is common in the southwestern United States from Texas, western Kansas, and Oklahoma to southern California.

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D.C. Lightfoot

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