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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles (Derodontoidea) » Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles (Derodontidae) » Laricobius
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Very Tiny Beetle - Laricobius
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Very Tiny Beetle - Laricobius
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
October 11, 2007
Size: 3mm or perhaps 2.5mm
I found this on the outside of a yard waste bin. I unfortunately didn't get any shots with the front in focus.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 11 October, 2007 - 9:00pm
Last updated 12 October, 2007 - 11:04am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 12 October, 2007 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

my guess
Larico*bius sp., compare:
no idea, which of the four species it can be . . .
… Boris Büche, 12 October, 2007 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

 
I agree...
Reading the comments under that photo, it says they eat Heml*ock Woo*lly Adel*gids and this was found about 75 feet from my Western Hemlock.
Thanks!
… Cheryl Moorehead, 12 October, 2007 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

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