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Phalacridae
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Phalacridae
Pawnee, Harrison County, Iowa, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: 3+ mm
Sweep net sample with adults and inside of grasses, larvae, pupa, and an adult.

Some Phalacridids (larvae and adults) feed on spores of fungi ("American Beetles", Arnett). I do not know the species of grass in the sample but this geographic area has a lot of tall fescue with an associated fungal endophyte.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 1 November, 2009 - 9:43pm
Last updated 3 November, 2009 - 5:18am

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