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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Cryptophaginae » Cryptophagini » Antherophagus » Antherophagus ochraceus
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Tri-colored Bumble Bee & Beetle - Antherophagus ochraceus
Copyright © 2016 Cheryl Johnson

Tri-colored Bumble Bee & Beetle - Antherophagus ochraceus
Campton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
August 14, 2016
Size: .5 inch

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Contributed by Cheryl Johnson on 17 August, 2016 - 8:13am
Last updated 17 August, 2016 - 8:33pm

WOW
So cool to have images of this!
… Tommy McElrath, 25 October, 2016 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved, the beetle is Antherophagus ochraceus
this series of images nicely shows the phoretic behavior of the adult beetle. The larvae develop in the bee's (Bombus spp.) nest.

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 August, 2016 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for solving the mystery!
… Cheryl Johnson, 17 August, 2016 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

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