Pleasing fungus beetle - Triplax thoracica

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Pleasing fungus beetle - Triplax thoracica

Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 20, 2009
Size: ~ 5 mm

Found on a mushroom. My best guess is Triplax thoracica.

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Pleasing fungus beetle - Triplax thoracica

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 21 May, 2009 - 5:09pm
Last updated 3 December, 2012 - 9:23am

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