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Beetle - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Beetle - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
February 4, 2008
Size: 4.7mm (3/16")
Cool beetle....bad pic. Came to porch light. Please help with ID if possible.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 4 February, 2008 - 10:30pm
Last updated 11 March, 2008 - 7:59am

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Sam Houston, 11 March, 2008 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Mycetophagus pluripunctatus.
… Sam Houston, 3 March, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Not too common
These aren't too common, and this is a pretty good photo, I'd move it back! Even with your old set-up ypu still shot some very cool insects, you shouldn't frass them all
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 3 March, 2008 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

I go with it
:-)
… Boris Büche, 5 February, 2008 - 4:47am login or register to post comments

 
M. pluripunctatus?
the key in Downie & Arnett seems ambiguous for this genus, but from the descriptions (10 of 15 NAmer sp.) M. pluripunctatus LeConte seems like a good possibility . No others described seem to have this many spots (described as "variable and complex"). And it's listed from OK and surrounding states. Size fits too.
… Tim R. Moyer, 5 February, 2008 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Mycetophagus sp.?
Mycetophagus sp.?
… Tymon Mazdak, 4 February, 2008 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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