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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Melandryinae » Dircaeini » Dircaea » Dircaea liturata
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False Darkling Beetle - Dircaea liturata
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

False Darkling Beetle - Dircaea liturata
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
September 8, 2008
Size: 8-10 mm
This looks like a Pleasing Fungus Beetle but not familar with this pattern. I need some guidance. Thanks
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 9 September, 2008 - 7:53am
Last updated 29 May, 2015 - 7:31pm

Dircaea liturata
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… v belov, 9 September, 2008 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Some of the smallest are the most interesting. Also, a first for Alabama
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 September, 2008 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
to me any beetle over 5 mm is large :-]
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… v belov, 9 September, 2008 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

 
Ditto here
To me, small is small is 3mm to 2mm, tiny is 2mm to 1mm, and under 1mm is minute. There are no rules though :-).
… Jim McClarin, 9 September, 2008 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
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I agree with you all. I'm always amazed when viewing a photograph of a night visitor only to find several smaller ones I didn't see when shotting. Can't wait to get a close-up lens to do the tiny buggers justice they deserve.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 September, 2008 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

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