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Pityophagus rufipennis
Photo#1071558
Copyright © 2015
Scott Gilmore
Monotomidae - Rhizophagus? -
Pityophagus rufipennis
Lantzville, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
May 19, 2015
Size: 5mm
Caught flying in backyard at dusk
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Contributed by
Scott Gilmore
on 23 May, 2015 - 2:38pm
well... kinda ))))
nice find, man
Moved from
Beetles
.
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v belov
, 23 May, 2015 - 3:13pm
ha ha
oh I have a lot to learn. Thanks again for setting me straight.
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Scott Gilmore
, 23 May, 2015 - 3:16pm
some larger Rhizophagus associated w/scolytine galleries...
...look indeed quite like this
so yours was a pretty good call, if you ask me
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v belov
, 23 May, 2015 - 3:34pm