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Flotsam harvesting

Flotsam harvesting
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 20, 2007
Here are some of the thousands of small-to-tiny beetles (and a few other tiny arthropods) from the flotsam. I've counted (with help from Boris) representatives of 27 beetle families so far from this source: Anobiidae, Anthicidae, Brentidae, Buprestidae, Byrrhidae, Carabidae, Chrysomelidae, Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Curculionidae, Elateridae, Haliplidae, Histeridae, Hydrophilidae, Laemophloeidae, Lampyridae, Languriidae, Latridiidae, Nitidulidae, Phalacridae, Ptillidae, Scarabaeidae, Scirtidae, Scydmaenidae, Staphylinidae, Sylvanidae, and Tenebrionidae.

Scydmaenidae is a new family for me, already well represented on bugguide by Tom Murray and Richard Lareau.

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I've moved these into
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...wow...
I'm so jealous. XD
all I can say is... wow...

Cryptophagidae
I've been waiting for a Silken Fungus Beetle to show up in the flotsam harvest and now one has. This makes 27 beetle families now from this source.

Byrrhidae too
Yesterday I found and photographed a couple byrrhids or moss beetles from the flotsam.

 
two families more
I can spot Curculionidae and Brentidae/Apioninae in the sample.

 
I don't know why I ommitted Curculionidae,
they were certainly noticed :-) Thanks, Boris. I think I know which brentid you're referring to also. It's a small grey one that is more weevil-like in appearance. I'll add those families, bringing today's total to 26.

Upon closer inspection, and with further sorting & sifting,
I have been able to add three more beetle families to the tally: Scirtidae, Sylvanidae, and Tenebrionidae. The total stands at 23 families of Coleoptera as of April 29, 2007.

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