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Please identify - Tenomerga cinerea
Copyright © 2008 Timothy Robert Nichols

Please identify - Tenomerga cinerea
UT Field Station, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
August 9, 2008
Found this between the main building and the bunkhouse. Gathering_2008
Contributed by Timothy Robert Nichols on 12 August, 2008 - 8:41am

Great find, Tim
Beautiful shot of a fascinating bug. Looks like a squid.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 28 August, 2008 - 10:06pm

Archostemata
is a very small sub-order of beetles considered to have very primitive features. Cupedidae is one of only five families in Archostemata worldwide.
… Jim McClarin, 12 August, 2008 - 7:05pm

 
Good to have an ID on this on
Good to have an ID on this one. I have a photo, not nearly as good, of one at the Field Station.
… Audrey R Hoff, 21 September, 2008 - 8:59pm

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… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 August, 2008 - 8:45am

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