Always facing downwards on large tree trunks. Some have almost normal legs and some have ridiculously long ones.. dimorphism?
Male foraging and displaying among Lamb's-Quarters Chenopodium album on coastal sand dune.
Attracted to blacklight at night, or found prowling, July 13-14, 2021. Some specimens brought home for photography....Habitat is prairie bordered by woodland, but surrounded by farmland. Cyclocephala sp. masked chafers were overwhelmingly abundant. With Heidi Eaton, so some duplicate observations.
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Several seen in forested wetland habitat with Commelina virginica.
Raised from a caterpillar found on American Basswood and Humpback Rocks in Shenandoah Nat. park.
Found after hard rain, but rain or no rain I found them by the millions, munching on leaves, buds, or drinking from flowers of the milkweed plants all along the golf course at Oglebay resort, where I went for a family vacation. I also found them sitting on other plants nearby stands of milkweed. I found them mating a lot, though I never got to see the females lay eggs.