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beetle - Bassareus mammifer
Copyright © 2018 Dave Webb

beetle - Bassareus mammifer
Webster Vllage, Harford County, Maryland, USA
July 27, 2018
Size: 5.5 mm
Found on exterior of house in rural residential neighborhood dominated by hardwoods (liriodendron, maple, oak, sweet gum). Perhaps a Cryptocephalus?
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Contributed by Dave Webb on 4 August, 2018 - 6:04am
Last updated 4 November, 2021 - 8:43am

Moved, good call
Moved from Basalis group.
… Tyler Hedlund, 4 November, 2021 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
Much obliged
Looks like we were both typing at the same time. :)
… Dave Webb, 4 November, 2021 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Not Cryptocephalus
Bassareus mammifer (IMO)
https://bugguide.net/node/view/40427
… Hohenems, 4 November, 2021 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
nice catch
I think you are right. The orange on the elytra does not touch the pronotum. Thanks -- will pursue this more today.
… Dave Webb, 4 November, 2021 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tyler Hedlund, 21 November, 2019 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

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