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Darkling Beetle - Neatus tenebroides
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Darkling Beetle - Neatus tenebroides
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
April 4, 2009
Size: 1 cm
Discovered under bark of firewood stored in woodshed. On this cool morning, it was inactive with its antennae and legs tucked away out of sight when I first found it, but it stirred to life after a few minutes of photography and exerted them in this view. The edge of my thumbnail provides some scale.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 4 April, 2009 - 10:19am
Last updated 4 April, 2009 - 8:37pm

Darkling beetle.
This is a tenebrionid, but not sure which genus. Note the "beaded" antennae, which helps separate tenebs from carabids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 April, 2009 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Neatus tenebroides, i suppose
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