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micro beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata

micro beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
April 25, 2016
this tiny beetle is hanging out with the moths, if you look closely, you can see two mites hitching a ride. any ideas which beetle?

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Prometopia sexmaculata, I expect

 
thanks!
thanks, Aaron. That makes more sense, and is within range.

out of range, but
but this looks like the image that Art Evans captured of Epuraea flavomaculata in his book Beetle of Eastern North America, pg.296

description matches the beetle I photographed.

What do you think?

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