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Pleasing Fungus Beetle ? - Glischrochilus fasciatus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Pleasing Fungus Beetle ? - Glischrochilus fasciatus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 5, 2005
Size: 1/4"

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Contributed by tom murray on 6 April, 2005 - 10:06pm
Last updated 13 January, 2007 - 5:31am

Sap beetle (Glischrochilus fasciatus)
This is a sap beetle (family Nitidulidae). One way to tell the difference between sap beetles and pleasing fungus beetles is that the abdomen of pleasing fungus beetles don't extend beyond the wings.
… Richard Leung, 9 April, 2005 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
for the ID and the helpfull explanation.
… tom murray, 9 April, 2005 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

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