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Sphindus americanus
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Copyright © 2014
MJ Hatfield
Sphindidae, Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle, dorsal -
Sphindus americanus
Beard-Davidson Prairie, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
August 9, 2014
Size: 2 mm
sweep in a prairie reconstruction
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Contributed by
MJ Hatfield
on 19 December, 2014 - 7:15am
Moved
Moved from
Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles
.
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v belov
, 19 December, 2014 - 7:19am
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I just knew
I should recognize this beetle. You just introduced me to it a year ago.
Rats. Slow learner!
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MJ Hatfield
, 19 December, 2014 - 7:24am
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come on!
look, it's simply impossible to memorize all those cryptic, nondescript small brown beetles that hardly ever show up on live plants, especially if you deal mostly with fauna of open areas and associated with herbaceous vegetation
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v belov
, 19 December, 2014 - 11:13am
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Nice try.
The bar is set kind of high as you manage to know many! of them.
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MJ Hatfield
, 19 December, 2014 - 12:19pm
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i kinda do but that's my thing
keep in mind that i'm a total/subtotal stranger to most major groups of herbivorous insects and their parasites/parasitoids
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v belov
, 19 December, 2014 - 12:38pm
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