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Diaperis rufipes
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Diaperis rufipes
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
February 23, 2019
Size: 3 to 5 mm

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Contributed by Wade Coe on 24 February, 2019 - 12:45am
Last updated 11 August, 2023 - 10:01am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tyler Hedlund, 16 June, 2019 - 12:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 April, 2019 - 10:50am

These beetles live in a large
Darkling beetles - Diaperis rufipes
These beetles live in a large fungus growing on the trunk of a decaying cottonwood tree. Have been id'd by the iNaturalist community as Diaperis rufipes. Confirm?
… Wade Coe, 24 February, 2019 - 2:04am

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