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Cregya oculata
Copyright © 2007 Tim Moyer

Cregya oculata
Medford, (~15 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 4, 2007
Size: ~5.5mm
yet another indoor beetle for me, where I find all my best Clerids(I clean, what's bringing them inside?)

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 26 June, 2007 - 12:12pm
Last updated 20 May, 2016 - 11:30am

Nice find, Tim.
Or maybe I should be congratulating the beetle for finding you :-)
… Jim McClarin, 6 December, 2007 - 8:30pm

Who knows?
Some clerids are attracted to lights at night. Some could come in on firewood. I found some really cool, if not quite small, species feeding on aphids on young catalpa trees in an open area along the Ohio River in Cincinnati. You just may be blessed with particularly diverse Cleridae there:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 June, 2007 - 12:56pm

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