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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Melandryinae » Dircaeini » Anisoxya » Anisoxya glaucula

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Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Tiny Beetle - Anisoxya glaucula

Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 11, 2009
Size: 2 mm

Hanging out on the brick under my patio light tonight.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 11 July, 2009 - 2:25am
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 10:06am

Anisoxya glaucula

i asked Darren Pollock to check it, 'cuz the size is below of what D&A indicate for this sp., to which he retorted, "Hey, good call! It is a little shy of average size (some kind of larval abuse as a youngster?), but I'm almost certain that's what it is."

Moved from False Darkling Beetles.

… v belov, 11 July, 2009 - 10:06am

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Hah - nice.

Thanks! I did stick a ruler up next to it to make sure of the measurement. =)

… Ashley Bradford, 11 July, 2009 - 10:36am

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very nice indeed -- we had but one prior to this

accurate size data always helps -- not that i'm asking you to go out of your way to put the ruler next to every bug, but pls be aware i wouldn't mind one bit...

… v belov, 11 July, 2009 - 10:40am

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I wouldn't mind, either

and need to get a more portable ruler than my wooden foot-long. Sometimes I have the flash in one hand and the camera in the other, though - that makes it difficult. :-/

If they're on my screen, though, they're much easier to measure, since I did this. =)

… Ashley Bradford, 11 July, 2009 - 10:44am

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i totally understand and don't insist

metric rulers are often printed on margins of notebooks/business planners/pocket calendars & other such courtesy junk that piles up in many homes -- cut a 3-cm piece to cover all our needs

… v belov, 11 July, 2009 - 10:48am

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Good point!

Thanks! =)

… Ashley Bradford, 11 July, 2009 - 11:17am

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nice -- maybe a new-to-BG melandryid

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… v belov, 11 July, 2009 - 8:36am

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