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Darkling Beetle - Eleodes nigrina
Copyright © 2016 Jim Moore

Darkling Beetle - Eleodes nigrina
Olson Meadow in Chester, Plumas County, California, USA
June 25, 2016
Size: Body length 17mm
Caught during the 2016 Olsen Barn and Meadow BioBlitz.

My thanks for any further ID help.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 30 September, 2016 - 12:19am
Last updated 10 July, 2022 - 10:41pm

Thank You Andrew!
Moved from Desert Stink Beetles.
… Jim Moore, 26 January, 2017 - 11:00am

Eleodes, no idea know which one though...
Moved from Tenebrioninae.
… Hisserdude, 30 September, 2016 - 3:56pm

 
Eleodes nigrinus
Eleodes nigrinus, probably one of the Blaisdell subspecies - if they are really valid.
… Andrew Johnston, 26 January, 2017 - 10:09am

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