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lightbulb elaterids
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

lightbulb elaterids
Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 11, 2006
I'm sure there are some throscids in this group.

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When you change that lightbulb lightbulb carabids lightbulb cucujiforms lightbulb elaterids lightbulb mixture lightbulb latridiids lightbulb minute unknowns lightbulb pselaphines lightbulb staphylinids lightbulb throscids lightbulb small unknowns lightbulb gourmet - Anthrenus
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 January, 2006 - 3:20pm
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 5:08am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 10 September, 2007 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

Some are Trixagidae
e.g. the uppermost one, and the one with belly-up in the center belongs somewhere else . . .

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 8 December, 2006 - 6:39am login or register to post comments

 
Good eye
I agree on both counts although we use Throscidae instead of Trixagidae. With one exception I have yet to photograph these beetles individually. I might have new families here -- new for me, that is. So many beetles, so little time :-(
… Jim McClarin, 8 December, 2006 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Conoderus bellus
The only specimens I can get a clear view of the dorsal surface are Conoderus bellus. They are the two to the right-hand side of the picture with the broken pattern.
… Dennis Haines, 24 January, 2008 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Dennis.
I agree. These lighbulb collections, because they tend to be multiple species, will remain at their present locations, serving as a demonstration of a novel collection technique.
… Jim McClarin, 24 January, 2008 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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