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unknown beetle - Ptinus raptor
Copyright © 2016 Stuart Tingley

unknown beetle - Ptinus raptor
Cormierville (Cocagne) 46.389259, -64.618636, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
November 14, 2016
Size: est. 4mm
At least three of these tiny beetles appeared at our front door light last evening after an unusually warm mid-November day (+14C) in s.e. New Brunswick. The two large yellow dots on the pronotum seem distinctive enough but this pattern is unfamiliar to me.
Contributed by Stuart Tingley on 15 November, 2016 - 9:38pm
Last updated 15 November, 2016 - 11:08pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Stuart Tingley, 15 November, 2016 - 11:08pm

Ptinus sp.
This one or something similar?
… Brady Richards, 15 November, 2016 - 10:40pm

 
Brilliant!
Looks spot-on, Brady! Thanks so much.
… Stuart Tingley, 15 November, 2016 - 11:06pm

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