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3.7mm black hister beetle - Saprinus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

3.7mm black hister beetle - Saprinus
Organ Mountains foothills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 13, 2006
Size: about 3.7 mm
Taken from rotting-jackrabbit-guts-baited pitfall trap. By this time fat maggots were spilling out the openings in the bait capsule, looking for soil in which to pupate. Instead they wound up in the bottom of a McDonalds softdrink cup with a bunch of maggot-eating beetles.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 September, 2006 - 8:07pm
Last updated 20 January, 2007 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 20 January, 2007 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

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