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Beetle on the ceiling - Diaperis maculata
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Beetle on the ceiling - Diaperis maculata
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 21, 2009
Size: ~5 mm
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 June, 2009 - 8:39pm
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 11:12am

D. maculata??
Looks a lot like the darkling beetle (Diaperis maculata).

… Cody R. Hough, 21 June, 2009 - 8:49pm

 
Thanks
Looks good to me. I wonder how it came to be on my ceiling.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 June, 2009 - 11:11am

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