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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Minute Moss Beetles (Hydraenidae) » Hydraena
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Hydraena
Copyright © 2009 Ron M.

Hydraena
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 8, 2009
Size: <3mm
Any ideas? The second image also has what I believe is a nymph Garden fleahopper (Halticus bractatus).

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Contributed by Ron M. on 8 May, 2009 - 11:09pm
Last updated 8 September, 2009 - 3:16am

looks like Hydraena to me, which is weird
and, most frustratingly, the photo is not exactly conducive to a reliable ID :-/
… v belov, 8 May, 2009 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Weird because...
of the seemingly smooth elytra or because it was next to the Garden Fleahopper on dollar weed?

*Maybe* elytra wasn't as smooth as they seem and I did find an image of an Hydraena with fairly smooth elytra...
-and-
Found three block from Lake Pontchartrain in my back yard under a 150 watt light that was on most of the night...

-or-

Weird for some other reason?
… Ron M., 8 May, 2009 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Weird because...
...it doesn't belong on a leaf next to the damn plant bug, but in the lake! however, the 150W explains everything :-]
… v belov, 9 May, 2009 - 1:08am login or register to post comments

 
:)
:)
… Ron M., 9 May, 2009 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

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