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Oily Darkling Beetle - Tarpela micans
Copyright © 2005 Mike Boone

Oily Darkling Beetle - Tarpela micans
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
April 8, 2005
Size: 15mm length
Frontal view of head. The beetle picked up some yellow pollen from outside and some other debris from the dish I kept it in temporarily.

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Contributed by Mike Boone on 9 April, 2005 - 10:02pm
Last updated 22 October, 2008 - 10:55am

Moved
Moved from Tarpela.
… Mike Boone, 22 October, 2008 - 10:55am

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