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red & black beetle - Triplax
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

red & black beetle - Triplax
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 5, 2005
Size: aprox. 4mm

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 6 June, 2005 - 8:58am
Last updated 6 June, 2005 - 12:28pm

Triplax sp.
This is a pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae, genus Triplax. Perhaps it is T. thoracica. These can be very common in "shelf" and "bracket" fungi all over the eastern U.S.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2005 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Pleasing fungus beetle
Thank You Eric.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 6 June, 2005 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

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