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Hairy Fungus Beetle (Typhaea stercorea)
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Copyright © 2010
Peter Cristofono
Hairy Fungus Beetle -
Typhaea stercorea
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2010
Size: 2.5 mm
Found on a fence next to a lower garden and fruit trees.
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Contributed by
Peter Cristofono
on 26 August, 2010 - 6:19pm
Last updated 26 August, 2010 - 8:27pm
Moved
Michael, Thanks!
Moved from
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Peter Cristofono
, 26 August, 2010 - 8:26pm
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Mycetophagidae
Typhaea stercorea
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Michael C. Thomas
, 26 August, 2010 - 8:08pm
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If it were a little larger I
If it were a little larger I would have suggested
Tribolium castaneum
(Red Flour Beetle) as a possibility.
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Dennis Haines
, 26 August, 2010 - 6:40pm
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Just measured it
It's 2.5 mm long.
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Peter Cristofono
, 26 August, 2010 - 7:29pm
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