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tiny aquatic beetle - Hydraena pennsylvanica
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

tiny aquatic beetle - Hydraena pennsylvanica
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 28, 2009
Size: 1.75mm
This beetle was crawling on a dead leaf at the bottom of a wetland.

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Contributed by tom murray on 29 March, 2009 - 3:06pm
Last updated 27 October, 2009 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Hydraena.
… tom murray, 27 October, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

Hydraena pennsylvanica
it is.
… Donald S. Chandler, 27 October, 2009 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

wow--
moved it almost simultaneously with Tim...
thanks for this one, Tom -- dire shortage of'em in the guide...

Moved from Ochthebius.
… v belov, 29 March, 2009 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
oops.. my bad
mistook those long maxillary palps for the antennae...genus is correct..thanks V!
… Tim Loh, 29 March, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 29 March, 2009 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

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