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Beautiful and beetlecidal - Enoclerus muttkowskii
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Beautiful and beetlecidal - Enoclerus muttkowskii
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 9, 2006
Size: 12.5 - 13 mm
Finally the clerid moved around a bit, dragging its prey in its mandibles reminiscent of the way a feline hunter drags a bird of rodent it has killed.

I was suffering from a painfully swollen knee, so I threw a lid on the clerid and the other sap beetles and retired. A peek later on revealed only parts of the remaining sap beetles. This clerid was a little on the voracious side.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 12 July, 2006 - 6:44pm
Last updated 13 July, 2006 - 4:51am

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