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Tiny Beetle - Platytomus longulus
Copyright © 2015 Robert Lord Zimlich

Tiny Beetle - Platytomus longulus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 11, 2015
Size: ~2.5mm
Have I seen this beetle, with a collar-like thingy on its pronotum?

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 August, 2015 - 8:26am
Last updated 23 March, 2024 - 7:56pm

Moved
Moved from Platytomus.
… v belov, 23 March, 2024 - 7:56pm

Moved
Moved from Platytomus longulus.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 August, 2015 - 8:44am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 11 August, 2015 - 8:44am

 
sorry, looks like we were moving at the same time
This prob is longulus but I don't remember off-hand what all is in AL/the SE
… Blaine Mathison, 11 August, 2015 - 8:47am

 
Mike Quinn
Found this in my yard, a few years back

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 11 August, 2015 - 8:54am

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