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Photo#550226
Berosus fraternus - female

Berosus fraternus - Female
Hancock County, Indiana, USA
July 3, 2011
Size: 4.5 mm
Collected at UV light.

A paler specimen, chosen to show the pattern of spots better. Some individuals have the base color of the elytra quite darkened.

Elytral apices not prolonged; apical margination of last sternum with two small spines; setigerous punctures of elytra noticeably larger than strial punctures; females with elytra alutaceous; males elytra shiny, not alutaceous.