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Big black beetle - Alobates pensylvanicus
Copyright © 2007 Jonathan Burishkin

Big black beetle - Alobates pensylvanicus
Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA
April 13, 2007
Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 15 April, 2007 - 1:28pm
Last updated 19 May, 2014 - 6:46pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Alobates.

Generally A. pensylvanica is smoother
… roar, 19 May, 2014 - 6:46pm

Darkling Beetle
Looks to me like a Darkling Beetle in Tenebrionidae, not sure about anything below the family though
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 15 April, 2007 - 1:51pm

 
Alobates?
Probably Alobates pennsylvanica, a common beetle under bark on logs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 April, 2007 - 3:31pm

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