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Oxybleptes kiteleyi
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Copyright © 2008
Ray Lemke
Unknown Tiny Insect -
Oxybleptes kiteleyi
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
September 16, 2008
I found this extremely tiny insect on my back porch. Only about 1/16" long and 1/32" wide. Can anyone ID?
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Ray Lemke
on 16 September, 2008 - 2:20pm
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 5:18pm
Moved
Moved from
Oxybleptes
to this species based on comments on other image by Adam Brunke.
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Cotinis
, 27 November, 2009 - 5:18pm
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Moved
Moved from
Xantholinini
.
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Boris Büche
, 15 November, 2008 - 5:44am
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Looks like a rove beetle
No idea of the species (or even genus) but seems similar to this one:
More info here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/126
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apgarm
, 16 September, 2008 - 2:34pm
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yes, a member of the Xantholinini tribe
*
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v belov
, 16 September, 2008 - 2:55pm
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That's still
a lot of ground to cover.
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Michael C. Thomas
, 16 September, 2008 - 7:29pm
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