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Fungus Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus

Fungus Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
June 18, 2008
Size: 1/4 inch
Found on weeds in ditch by house. There were several there.

Moved
Moved from Megalodacne heros.

Glischrochilus fasciatus
[Nitidulidae]

 
I agree.
This is a fairly common sap beetle. You can attract them with various fruit and/or fermenting baits, even with meat. An easy lure to try is to place a watermelon rind face down on the ground and check the underside daily. Several sap beetle species will likely appear.

 
I realized too late that I ha
I realized too late that I had listed this as heros....I had no clue how to move it, thank you for doing so.

 
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