Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#175323
black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus

black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus
Cool, El Dorado County, California, USA
December 26, 2007
Size: about 9 mm
This is unlikely the same specimen. This is one of two underside views for Kojun Kanda. I think I've partially solved the mystery of why these beetles have been disappearing. They've been eaten by first turning them over and nibbling off their legs. At least that's what it appears from this one's condition. I have three potential villains in mind: this ro*ve beetle, this car*abid, and this monstrous larva.

Images of this individual: tag all
black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus  black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus black, ovoid teneb - Opatroides punctulatus

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.