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Yellow-bearded  Scolytin - Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus - male

Yellow-bearded Scolytin - Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 4, 2012
Size: 1.8mm

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Yellow-bearded  Scolytin - Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus - male Yellow-bearded  Scolytin - Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus - male

Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus (Zimmerman)
ID confirmed from this male specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

Males have this brush of dense yellow setae on the face; on females, the facial hair is much shorter and sparser.

Moved
Moved from Bark and Ambrosia Beetles.
Thanks Brad. I wonder if the ones like this with the thick yellow antennae are males.

reminds me of
this one:

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