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Diaperis maculata
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Unidentified copper-colored, spotted beetle -
Diaperis maculata
Williston Park, Nassau County, New York, USA
August 19, 2020
Size: 1/4" approx
Found, at night, with group of beetles and a slug on a large fungus at the base of a tree
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Boingercat
on 20 August, 2020 - 11:27am
Last updated 20 August, 2020 - 12:30pm
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Blaine Mathison
, 20 August, 2020 - 12:30pm
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Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles
Most likely Diaperis maculata, see what experts say.
Like this one also from New York:
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Gary Griswold
, 20 August, 2020 - 12:13pm
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Diaperis maculata
Thank you! That seems to be a match! I searched everywhere, but couldn't find one like it.
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Boingercat
, 20 August, 2020 - 12:36pm
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