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Pityophthorus sp.? - Pityophthorus puberulus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Pityophthorus sp.? - Pityophthorus puberulus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 18, 2008
Size: 1.2mm
This tiny beetle has a really tiny mite or some other tiny parasite on it that I estimate the size slightly less than .15mm.

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Pityophthorus sp.? - Pityophthorus puberulus Pityophthorus sp.? - Pityophthorus puberulus
Contributed by tom murray on 18 May, 2008 - 9:31pm
Last updated 14 April, 2020 - 2:37pm

Moved
Moved from Pityophthorus.
… Marc DiGirolomo, 14 April, 2020 - 2:37pm

Moved
Moved from Bark and Ambrosia Beetles.
… tom murray, 4 June, 2008 - 7:13pm

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