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unknown beetle
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

unknown beetle
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
April 26, 2009
Size: 2-3 mm.
This is a small black beetle with his face burrowed into a stump of a newly cut Red Oak log. It is one of a group of about 10 on this log. The group has gotten larger as the day progresses toward evening. I think the are making very small holes in the log because they stay in one place and seem to be producing very fine saw dust.
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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 26 April, 2009 - 9:52pm
Last updated 27 April, 2009 - 12:28am

Ambrosia beetle.
Looks like an ambrosia beetle, but I don't know the genus. Family Curculionidae, subfamily Scolytinae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 April, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Scolytinae
Thanks Eric!!
… Lynn Bergen, 27 April, 2009 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

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