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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Short-winged Flower Beetles (Kateretidae)
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Seed beetles(?) on nettles
Copyright © 2021 barry saxifrage

Seed beetles(?) on nettles
Cortes Island, Strathcona District, British Columbia, Canada
March 22, 2021
Large numbers of tiny beetles on stinging nettles. Look like a kind of seed beetle to me. I've added photos from several angles because hard to get good focal depth on such tiny and lively critters.

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Contributed by barry saxifrage on 26 March, 2021 - 12:18am
Last updated 2 June, 2021 - 12:56am

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Thanks.
Sap beetles are new to me. Gives me a reason to read up on them.
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