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powderpost beetle - Ptilinus
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powderpost beetle - Ptilinus
Wayne County, New York, USA
June 9, 2022
Size: ~5mm
There were a whole bunch of these near our woodshed.

This one was brown and black. Most of them were all black.
Contributed by jodycb on 11 June, 2022 - 6:28pm
Last updated 13 June, 2022 - 9:23am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 13 June, 2022 - 9:23am

same superfamily
but this looks like a ptinid rather than a bostrichid. I think it's a male of this genus

maybe this species
However, wait for an expert to confirm/correct that ID
… Steve Scholnick, 11 June, 2022 - 10:19pm

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