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Slime mold leiodids? - Anisotoma
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Slime mold leiodids? - Anisotoma
Mt. Washington, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
June 30, 2007
Size: about 3.4 mm
I always like to see what a beetle's face looks like.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 7 July, 2007 - 2:48pm
Last updated 13 April, 2012 - 11:30pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 8 July, 2007 - 5:36am

Leiodidae: Anisotoma sp.
Yes.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 July, 2007 - 10:03pm

 
Great!
I suspected that was the genus but I'm afraid I didn't review the available genera so was hesitant to venture :-) Thanks so much, Don.
… Jim McClarin, 8 July, 2007 - 5:34am

Wow...
Like a drop of silver! Hard to believe that something this shiny would decide to cover itself in debris.
… Stephen Luk, 7 July, 2007 - 2:52pm

 
Well, actually,
the debris garb was mainly my doing by deciding to store the beetles in the same pill sorter compartment as the fungal mass (or fungal mess?). Most were fairly clean when I found them.
… Jim McClarin, 7 July, 2007 - 3:37pm

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