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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Hololeptini » Clown Beetles (Hololepta) » subgenus Hololepta (Hololepta subgenus Hololepta) » Hololepta aequalis
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Beetle plus hitchhikers? - Hololepta aequalis
Copyright © 2008 seorrell@gmail.com

Beetle plus hitchhikers? - Hololepta aequalis
Geneva, Ontario Counth County, New York, USA
April 19, 2008
Size: a cm or less
I fished the beetle out of a pool: only in reviewing the pix did I realize that there was more than one arthropod involved. Are the tiny red things mites?
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Contributed by seorrell@gmail.com on 21 April, 2008 - 9:19am
Last updated 23 April, 2008 - 2:23pm

Histeridae
Genus Hololepta. Usually you will find them under bark.
… Michael C. Thomas, 21 April, 2008 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
H. aequalis...
to be exacting. I downloaded the image and played around with it in Photoshop to get a better look at the elytral striae. Definitely H. aequalis. Good find.

Interesting that all the individuals of this species posted to this point have mites on them.

I'll leave out in ID request for a while to see if anyone can ID the mites.
… Jeff Gruber, 21 April, 2008 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Family
Histeridae I believe for the beetle
… Guy A. Hanley, 21 April, 2008 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Mites...
They are just hitchhikers. I don't think they are parasitic. I've seen them on damselflies, dragonflies and different species of beetle.
… Scott Justis, 21 April, 2008 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

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