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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Minute Marsh-loving Beetles (Limnichidae) » Limnichinae » Limnichini » Limnichoderus » Limnichoderus ovatus
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tiny brown dot - Limnichoderus ovatus
Copyright © 2009 Tim Moyer

tiny brown dot - Limnichoderus ovatus
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 7, 2008
Size: ~1.6mm
I've never seen another one like this one before - tiny brown "dot" (with peach fuzz). Could this be a Limnichid?

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 29 January, 2009 - 10:32pm
Last updated 30 January, 2009 - 5:41pm

That's two species!
I am very, very jealous ;-)
… Jim McClarin, 30 January, 2009 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 January, 2009 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

nice
Sweet LBB! Nice find.
… Jeff Gruber, 30 January, 2009 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

Euimnichus ovatus LeConte, 1854
i'm quite sure despite the inconsistent geography in D&A
… v belov, 30 January, 2009 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

 
Family?
Could you possibly start including the family in your IDs, please, at least for the less-obvious species? Thank you.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 January, 2009 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
oops... misspelled the genus, should be Eulimnichus
(that's why you couldn't find it, sorry)
the fam. is Limnichidae -- Tim was right
… v belov, 30 January, 2009 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

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