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Root-eating beetle - Monotoma picipes

Root-eating beetle - Monotoma picipes
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 5, 2009
Size: ~ 2 mm
Attracted to light at night. My best guess is Monotoma picipes.

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Root-eating beetle - Monotoma picipes Root-eating beetle - Monotoma picipes

Thanks, v!
Moved from ID Request.

Monotoma picipes indeed
the commonest European species of the genus

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