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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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Silken Fungus Beetle - Antherophagus ochraceus
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Silken Fungus Beetle - Antherophagus ochraceus
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
July 20, 2007
Size: 4 mm
On Daucus carota flowerhead. I'm stumped on this one. For starters, my guess is Tenebrionidae. Can somebody please point me in the right direction?

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 22 July, 2007 - 10:33pm
Last updated 31 December, 2007 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from Antherophagus.
… Stephen Luk, 31 December, 2007 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles. to new genus page.
… Boris Büche, 24 July, 2007 - 4:15am login or register to post comments

Thanks!!
I was way off, as I had expected. I'll post some better images of the same beetle.
… Stephen Luk, 23 July, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

tough one
it is an Antherophagus (Cryptophagidae). Development takes place in bumblebee nests, adults are told to be phoretic.
… Boris Büche, 23 July, 2007 - 6:34am login or register to post comments

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