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Unknown Water Scavenger Beetle - Coelostoma orbiculare
Copyright © 2020 Owen Strickland

Unknown Water Scavenger Beetle - Coelostoma orbiculare
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 15, 2020
Size: 4mm
Pretty sure this is Cercyon. Thoughts? They were under a log in a ravine, if that helps. Aout 10 feet from a small stream.
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Contributed by Owen Strickland on 15 March, 2020 - 9:34pm
Last updated 4 July, 2022 - 2:20pm

Moved
Moved from Sphaeridiinae.
… Matthew Pintar, 4 July, 2022 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hydrophilinae.
… Matthew Pintar, 20 December, 2021 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

if you think it's a Cercyon, why then post it on this page??
… v belov, 6 August, 2020 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

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