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Phalacridae, dorsal - Acylomus pugetanus
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Phalacridae, dorsal - Acylomus pugetanus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Size: 2 mm
October 10, 2017: dead

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 3 February, 2018 - 5:19pm
Last updated 23 November, 2020 - 12:37pm

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Moved from Shining Flower Beetles.
… MJ Hatfield, 23 November, 2020 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

Acylomus pugetanus
This is a lovely portrait of the adult and pupa of "LSD beetle", Acylomus pugetanus Casey, also showing its frassed-up host fungus, Claviceps sp., on a host grass. The beetle is widespread across southern Canada and the northern half of the US, and was the subject of a beautiful exposée by Steiner & Singh (1987), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 89(4): 744-758.
… Matthew L. Gimmel, 23 November, 2020 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
Forgive me.
I tried to look up 'LSD beetle' but all I got was 'LSD & the Beatles'.
Thank you for the identification and information.
… MJ Hatfield, 23 November, 2020 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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