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Eleodes acuta - Eleodes acutus
Copyright © 2006 Kojun Kanda

Eleodes acuta - Eleodes acutus
White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
August 8, 2006
Size: 4.5 cm
These beetles were fairly common at night. As soon as the sun ducked under the dunes, thousands of Tenebs, mostly Eleodes, became active. Could hardly take a step without squishing one!
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Contributed by Kojun Kanda on 2 March, 2007 - 5:58pm
Last updated 23 November, 2009 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Eleodes.
… Boris Büche, 23 April, 2007 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

creating a guide page?
I am able to do, but before I like you to confirm the ID. Please read the upmost comment here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/52505/bgimage

thanks, Boris
… Boris Büche, 30 March, 2007 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
yes
from the angle in the image, I am quite sure that it is acuta. I do have some specimens of suturalis that I took from out there and will eventually post them for comparision.
… Kojun Kanda, 17 April, 2007 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

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