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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles (Sphindidae) » Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles (Sphindus) » Sphindus americanus
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Slime mold beetle - Sphindus americanus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Slime mold beetle - Sphindus americanus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 9, 2006
Size: 1.8 - 1.9 mm
This slime mold beetle came to my MV light and appears to be the same species as the ones I posted previously -- not too surprising since I turned those loose a week or so ago near some slime mold patches in the back yard. This beetle is a bit cleaner and you can clearly see the orange/testaceous humeral and apical smudges that are just barely showing on the earlier set of images.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 12 July, 2006 - 7:32pm
Last updated 7 September, 2011 - 6:09pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 29 April, 2007 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Sphindus americanus
Somewhat spotted elytra, elytral setae less conspicuous and not in such obvious rows.
… Donald S. Chandler, 29 April, 2007 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent!
Thank you, Don.
… Jim McClarin, 29 April, 2007 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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