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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Small False Click Beetles (Throscidae)
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False Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Copyright © 2009 John R. Maxwell

False Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 4, 2008
Size: Maybe around 2.5 mm?
Just posting a few images to hopefully replace this horror. I'll post a few different ones/views to see if it is possible to get past Throscidae ?
Came to the light at night

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 4 April, 2009 - 3:06pm

tiny ones
great images of the tiny ones lately John! Is that your new SD1100 making the difference?
… Tim Moyer, 4 April, 2009 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Bugguide mini gathering
Did you guys see this?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/257966
… John R. Maxwell, 4 April, 2009 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Some of it is the difference between the 1000 and the 1100. The 1100 has a 1 inch close focus instead of 2 inch in the 1000.
Also some of my very old images were long exposure F 2.8 using the porch lights, like the one I replaced above (ugggh).
Now I have slowly found better and better ways to use the flash and to properly compensate for the fact that I'm only an inch away. I am currently using 2 crumpled coffee filters with centerholes, dropped over the lense and folded back over the camera. Knocks the flash down nicely and doesn't alter the white-balance too much. This series was made using a styrofoam plate with a hole cut out, which was better than the block I was using at your house, but not as good as the coffee filters. I plan on doing better this year ;-)
… John R. Maxwell, 4 April, 2009 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

place on fam page pls
underside is critical to key out genera, but there's hope, trust me
… v belov, 4 April, 2009 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I get these a lot. I'll try to get underside next time.
… John R. Maxwell, 4 April, 2009 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

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