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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Phytobaenini » Ganascus » Ganascus ventricosus
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Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Ganascus ventricosus
Copyright © 2016 Robert Lord Zimlich

Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Ganascus ventricosus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 10, 2016
Size: < 2mm
I don't recognize this mottled beetle, which does not necessarily mean I haven't seen it before. Thanks
UPDATE: Adds May datapoint for Alabama

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Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Ganascus ventricosus Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Ganascus ventricosus
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 10 May, 2016 - 4:46pm
Last updated 18 November, 2019 - 7:01pm

Moved to Ganascus ventricosus
Moved from Beetles.

Thanks. Seems I have seen it before ...

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 May, 2016 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

intriguing, how about Ganascus?
… Blaine Mathison, 10 May, 2016 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

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