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False Darkling Beetle family, Found under bark - Penthe pimelia

False Darkling Beetle family, Found under bark - Penthe pimelia
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
April 15, 2005
I found a pair of these under bark on a warm Spring day. They seemed to be feeding on a sheetlike fungus growing under the bark.