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Small beetle with huge jaws - Goniocloeus bimaculatus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Small beetle with huge jaws - Goniocloeus bimaculatus
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 16, 2005
Size: 5mm
A plump little beetle with very large jaws, sunning itself on a tree trunk. Any ideas what this is?

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Contributed by tom murray on 18 June, 2005 - 10:29am
Last updated 20 April, 2006 - 5:25pm

Anthribidae: Goniocloeus bimaculatus
Not a common thing in our area. If you see another one, I wouldn't mind having it.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 April, 2006 - 7:31am

 
Thanks Don
I'll keep an eye out for another one of these.
… tom murray, 20 April, 2006 - 5:26pm

Fungus weevil.
The family is Anthribidae, but I have forgotten what the genus name is now. Try Euparius first.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 June, 2005 - 4:05pm

 
Anthribidae
Thanks Eric for pointing me in the right direction. All the sites with pictures of Anthribidae were European and Asian. Nothing from North America. But that is the right family, after looking at the foreign beetles.
… tom murray, 20 June, 2005 - 7:06pm

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