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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Prometopinae » Prometopia » Prometopia sexmaculata
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Tiny Beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Tiny Beetle - Prometopia sexmaculata
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 30, 2009
This tiny thing was hanging out on my doorstep last night. Not sure if it was dead or alive, as it didn't complain about being flipped over.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 1 July, 2009 - 10:50am
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 12:53pm

beetle
Just a guess but try sap feeding beetles and maybe Lobiopa insularis.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 1 July, 2009 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
close: Prometopia sexmaculata
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… v belov, 1 July, 2009 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool, thanks!
I just posted this other one, too, showing mouth parts:

… Ashley Bradford, 1 July, 2009 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
perfect!
keep streaming your product in.
… v belov, 1 July, 2009 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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