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beetle that has me stumped - Strongylium tenuicolle
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beetle that has me stumped - Strongylium tenuicolle
Webster Village, Harford County, Maryland, USA
July 2, 2019
Size: 15 mm
Attracted to MV lamp. Notice white area around the eyes, possibly the eyes themselves(?).

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beetle that has me stumped - Strongylium tenuicolle beetle that has me stumped - Strongylium tenuicolle
Contributed by Dave Webb on 4 July, 2019 - 4:43pm
Last updated 30 June, 2020 - 8:02pm

Moved
Moved from Strongylium.
… v belov, 30 June, 2020 - 8:02pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Hisserdude, 15 October, 2019 - 2:57am

Strongylium sp.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 July, 2019 - 10:56am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 5 July, 2019 - 8:07am

weird!
looks like a darkling beetle along these lines

but I can't explain the white eyes at all.
… Steve Scholnick, 4 July, 2019 - 7:37pm

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