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Erotylidae, Slender Lizard Beetle, dorsal - Acropteroxys gracilis
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Erotylidae, Slender Lizard Beetle, dorsal - Acropteroxys gracilis
Red Oak Prairie, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
May 3, 2018
September 30, 2017: collected 3 stems with roots of Giant Ragweed, Ambrosia trifida
May 3, 2018: small fly emerged and a lizard beetle, later cut open the 2nd stem with a frass plug to an adult inside the stem, 3rd stem empty

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 22 January, 2019 - 8:11pm

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