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Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: ~ 6 mm
Adding for ID.

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Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana
Contributed by WonGun Kim on 2 June, 2009 - 8:58pm
Last updated 17 February, 2011 - 6:09pm

now i think this one is americanum, too ))
Moved from Platydema subcostatum.
… v belov, 17 February, 2011 - 6:09pm

Moved
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 3 June, 2009 - 8:54am

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