Small beetle from a rotting Hedgehog Cactus - Cononotus bryanti Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA March 31, 2009 Size: 4 mm
The cactus suddenly died last year - around it the plants of the same species are thriving. So I suspected weevils and placed the whole thing into a container. But I think it had been dead too long - whatever killed it was gone. There are Diptera pupae in the debris now, little wasps (Ichneumon) and the two species of beetles - this Anthicidae (many) and one Histeridae
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