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Riffle Beetle - Stenelmis mera
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Riffle Beetle - Stenelmis mera
Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 9, 2009
Size: 3.2mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 10 July, 2009 - 9:02am
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 10:55am

Moved
Moved from Stenelmis.
… tom murray, 11 July, 2009 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

Thanks Tim
Hopefully Don Chandler will take a look at these Elmids. He knows the local fauna pretty well.
… tom murray, 10 July, 2009 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I can identify these. This time of year the elmids tend to be covered by diatoms, and they have to be scraped off to see the color patterns. Looking at my key, it could well be mera.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 July, 2009 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

Stenelmis sp.
S. mera Sanderson?
… Tim Moyer, 10 July, 2009 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

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