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Tiny Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Tiny Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
April 16, 2008
Size: ~3mm
Saw this tiny beetle on Argyranthemum frutescens in our garden. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Tiny Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste Tiny Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 16 April, 2008 - 8:26pm
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Black Carpet Beetles.
… Gary McDonald, 9 November, 2008 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Gary McDonald, 11 September, 2008 - 9:37pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 7 May, 2008 - 5:51am

Also a dermestid
but not Anthrenus. Not sure which genus, though.
… Michael C. Thomas, 16 April, 2008 - 10:37pm

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