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Red & Black compost beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

Red & Black compost beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
June 3, 2008
Size: 6 mm?
Rather common if you know where to look: I've found them in compost and on fresh tree stumps, feeding on the sap. This one was flying through the air when I found it.

I've seen at least three or four varieties of these guys, but this is the only one I've been really able to photograph.
Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 10 July, 2008 - 5:49pm
Last updated 13 July, 2008 - 1:03pm

and I messed this up --
this is Glischrochilus fasciatus. My bad. I profusely apologize.
… v belov, 10 July, 2008 - 8:11pm

 
We all
make mistakes, don't worry about it. :D
… Jonas Insinga, 13 July, 2008 - 10:47pm

Glischrochilus quadrisignatus...
...takes forever to type. Please take pics of those OTHER VARIETIES! this one in The Picnic Beetle, the commonest one...
… v belov, 10 July, 2008 - 6:07pm

 
Can do...
...there's almost always more then one type at any one spot.
Let me look, I might have snatched a photo of another... :P
… Jonas Insinga, 10 July, 2008 - 7:34pm

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