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tiny brown beetles - Cyphon
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

tiny brown beetles - Cyphon
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
February 17, 2008
Size: 2-3 mm?
These small beetles can be found at the base of trees (at least in this case, it was a pine tree, I don't know if they can be found around others.)
There were allot of these guys, but that could either be because their gregarious of because it was (after all) winter and they were huddled together for warmth. They were found along side the little grey springtails shown earlier (the springtails I now believe to actually be two species & not one, thanks to Jim McClarin's help).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/168797
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 4 April, 2008 - 11:52pm
Last updated 9 May, 2008 - 5:16am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 9 May, 2008 - 5:16am login or register to post comments

Scirtidae
genus Cyphon (to my knowledge the only genus in the family with adult hibernation)
… Boris Büche, 6 April, 2008 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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