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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Carpophilinae » Carpophilus » subgenus Carpophilus (Carpophilus subgenus Carpophilus) » Dried-fruit Beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus)
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Compost Beetle - Carpophilus hemipterus
Copyright © 2014 Jordan Landerman

Compost Beetle - Carpophilus hemipterus
Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 9, 2014
Size: 2mm
Captured during the day from a small compost pile, made up of mostly chicken manure and plant matter such as orange peels and moldy persimmons. I took the clearest pictures I possibly could- I would appreciate the closest ID possible since I'm planning on culturing this beetle if it turns out it feeds on mold or fungus for use in a terrarium. If a specific photo is needed to push an ID to the next level, please let me know and I will try and take it.

Collected from the same compost pile as these specimens:

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Contributed by Jordan Landerman on 9 December, 2014 - 5:38pm
Last updated 10 December, 2014 - 3:00am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 December, 2014 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Carpophilus hemipterus?
Perhaps Carpophilus hemipterus?
… Ben Coulter, 9 December, 2014 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

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