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Kateretid? - Heterhelus sericans
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Kateretid? - Heterhelus sericans
Skagit River Valley - 20 miles above Marblemount, Skagit County, Washington, USA
June 20, 1967
Size: ~ 2 mm
Collected by C.D. Miller. Specimen held at WWUC. Suspect Kateretid, genus Kateretes? Confirmation/correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 4 March, 2016 - 3:40am
Last updated 24 June, 2016 - 9:22am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 24 June, 2016 - 9:22am

 
ID confirmed by Andrew Cline:
"Looks like you got it right to me; Heterhelus sericans. Did the specimen come from elderberry? They are very gregarious on it and are a bit like aerial plankton on any vegetation surrounding elderberry."
… v belov, 27 June, 2016 - 1:18pm

 
Thanks V-
and Andrew Cline as well. I'm doing some work for Western Washington University collection and this was among some I was working on. There was nothing on the labels that mentioned elderberry so I don't rightly know. Thanks for the help...
… Gary Griswold, 27 June, 2016 - 7:51pm

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