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Brown Beetle - Neatus unnamed

White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 23, 2016
Size: ~11.5 mm

Found hanging in spider web beside my back door, six feet above the deck.
Is this slow moving beetle a Tenebrio molitor? Thank you.

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Brown Beetle - Neatus unnamed

Brown Beetle - Neatus unnamed

Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 23 July, 2016 - 1:24pm
Last updated 24 July, 2016 - 8:15am

Edited Size

Deleting images, beetle standing on rule not 12.5 mm

… Steve McKechnie, 24 July, 2016 - 8:14am

Moved tentatively, Neatus unnamed seems like a safe bet...

Moved from Darkling Beetles.

… Hisserdude, 23 July, 2016 - 11:29pm

.

Thanks again

… Steve McKechnie, 23 July, 2016 - 11:40pm

No problem, glad I could help! :)

Hope the beetle does well for you, Tenebrionids really like dog/cat food btw.

… Hisserdude, 23 July, 2016 - 11:49pm

Short term well

It is munching on a piece of cat food. Later today I'll let it go.

… Steve McKechnie, 24 July, 2016 - 7:47am

Moved, doesn't look like T.molitor to me...

Perhaps a Neatus species?

Moved from Beetles.

… Hisserdude, 23 July, 2016 - 8:21pm

Neatus unnamed

Thank you. Yes, Creighton SK seems to be a better match. I have the beetle in a container with a selection of food, I'll add fungus from my compost bin tomorrow, then take time and have a close look at its feet.

… Steve McKechnie, 23 July, 2016 - 11:22pm

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