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Tiny beetle - Anthrenus scrophulariae
Copyright © 2020 kathy lichtendahl

Tiny beetle - Anthrenus scrophulariae
Clark, Park County, Wyoming, USA
April 30, 2020
Size: 2 - 3mm
Observed on biscuit-root. It was so small I would not have seen it if not for the second insect at the same spot. I could not tell if the small beetle was preying on the (fly?) but the latter was deceased, unlike the beetle.
Contributed by kathy lichtendahl on 30 April, 2020 - 6:03pm
Last updated 30 April, 2020 - 7:24pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Association with the other insect is coincidental.

Image cropped for placement.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 April, 2020 - 7:24pm

 
Thank you for the information
Thank you for the information and the crop!
… kathy lichtendahl, 1 May, 2020 - 7:09am

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