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patterned, dome-backed nit - Cryptarcha strigatula
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

patterned, dome-backed nit - Cryptarcha strigatula
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 3, 2006
Size: 2.8 - 2.9 mm
Yet another new nitidulid to show up at my lights. Besides a distinctive pattern, this one has a high domed back, at least by sap beetle standards.

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patterned, dome-backed nit - Cryptarcha strigatula patterned, dome-backed nit - Cryptarcha strigatula
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 July, 2006 - 7:32pm
Last updated 11 August, 2010 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 16 August, 2006 - 9:31pm

This is Cryptarcha strigatula
according to Andrew Cline.
… Jim McClarin, 16 August, 2006 - 9:29pm

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