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Smooth Spider Beetle - Gibbium aequinoctiale
Copyright © 2019 Mark Swanson

Smooth Spider Beetle - Gibbium aequinoctiale
Cook County, Illinois, USA
April 16, 2019
Size: 2 mm
Small insect with smooth, rounded, dark reddish-brown body, and long antennae. Found indoors.

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Contributed by Mark Swanson on 16 April, 2019 - 7:28pm
Last updated 13 October, 2019 - 8:11am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mark Swanson, 16 April, 2019 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

One of the spider beetles
Common in homes

Read about them here
… john and jane balaban, 16 April, 2019 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Wish I had gotten better photos before releasing.
… Mark Swanson, 16 April, 2019 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

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