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Beetle With Jaws - Sandalus niger - female
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Beetle With Jaws - Sandalus niger - Female
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 15, 2009
Size: 1.7 cm
Ventral view - is that an ovipositor poking out the back?

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 15 August, 2009 - 7:29pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 15 August, 2009 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
S. niger?
Is this S. niger? The tarsal pads look yellowish. I thought niger had black tarsal pads. In GA, I have collected S. petrophya, which has red to yellow tarsal pads.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 October, 2009 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

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