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Photo#84769
Ant-loving Beetle - Reichenbachia spatulifer - male

Ant-loving Beetle - Reichenbachia spatulifer - Male
Bethlehem, Grafton County, Vermont, USA
October 24, 2006
Size: 1.6mm

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Ant-loving Beetle - Reichenbachia spatulifer - male Ant-loving Beetle - Reichenbachia spatulifer - male Ant-loving Beetle - Reichenbachia spatulifer - male

It's a boy:-)
Thanks for another id Don. I know how you like the small beetles, so is this one you want, or should I let it go?

 
Keep it
for me please. I just checked, and it has never been recorded from Vermont, and I wouldn't mind having a voucher.

 
New one for Vt.
I'll bring this with me next time I'm in NH.

Reichenbachia spatulifer
A male! Note the enlarged and flattened metatibiae, and the particular pattern of modified/enlarged antennomeres. If it had been a female, only the genus would be possible from a photo.

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