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Puffball Beetles (Caenocara)
Photo#1776903
Copyright © 2020
Steve Scholnick
tiny ptinid -
Caenocara
Needwood Lake, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
February 4, 2020
Size: ~2.3mm
Caenocara
based on the deeply divided eyes and the erect hairs but I don't think it can be taken any further than that. Female?
TIA
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Contributed by
Steve Scholnick
on 5 February, 2020 - 11:58pm
Last updated 5 December, 2021 - 9:37pm
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