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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema americanum
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beetle - Platydema americanum
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

beetle - Platydema americanum
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2005
Size: 6mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 22 May, 2005 - 7:43pm
Last updated 7 May, 2009 - 8:58am

Moved
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 7 May, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 2 April, 2007 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

Platydema sp.
Another Platydema. Fairly frequent under bark.
… Donald S. Chandler, 21 March, 2006 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Platydema sp.
Thanks for the id Don. Now I have to find one of the colorful Platydema.
… tom murray, 21 March, 2006 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

Tenebrionidae.
This is a darkling beetle of some kind. The bead-like antennae help to give it away.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2005 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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