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beetle with mites - Cercyon quisquilius
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

beetle with mites - Cercyon quisquilius
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 2, 2009
Size: about 2-2.5 mm.
A first I thought the beetle was carrying baby beetles, but I think they look like mites. Hitch hikers?
The beetle flew off, mites and all,
The beetle and mites came with bags of horse manure.
I think the beetle is the same as the one here:

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 3 May, 2009 - 3:07am
Last updated 17 May, 2009 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from Cercyon.
… Lynn Bergen, 3 May, 2009 - 3:57am login or register to post comments

Cercyon [the beetle]
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… v belov, 3 May, 2009 - 3:12am login or register to post comments

 
That's amazing
You can hardly see the beetle. I was just in the process of adding a beetle link without mites.
… Lynn Bergen, 3 May, 2009 - 3:28am login or register to post comments

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