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 18 August, 2009 - 10:52pm |