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Are these alleculines? - Isomira sericea
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Are these alleculines? - Isomira sericea
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 1, 2006
Size: 4 - 5 mm est.
Same as last year at this time the blooms of this wild perennial were covered with a hundred or more small beetles that look vaguely alleculine.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 July, 2006 - 3:13pm
Last updated 4 July, 2006 - 9:39am

The plant looks like
Ceanothus americanus -- New Jersey tea, famous for attracting unusual insects, if that helps the search.??
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2006 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Okay,
I'm adding a couple more plant pix.
… Jim McClarin, 6 July, 2006 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll get some more photos of plant.
It's not a woody-stemmed shrub but a low-growing perennial. Don Chandler did ID the critters.
… Jim McClarin, 4 July, 2006 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

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