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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea) » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Dorcatominae » Dorcatomini » Puffball Beetles (Caenocara)
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Puffball Beetle - Caenocara
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

Puffball Beetle - Caenocara
Windham, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 2mm or so
Here is a better image of this species than any others I've posted. I still am unable to get the entire beetle in focus in one shot however.

I had about 100 of these guys emerge from puffballs I had collected 9/11/05. Think about that next time you chomp into a tasty butter-sauteed puffball slab. I had another photo shoot and turned them all loose.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 October, 2005 - 7:19pm

Confirmed
Hi Jim!
cleft eyes, typical for Caenocara, are perfectly visible on this pic!

Boris
… Boris Büche, 23 November, 2006 - 4:25am login or register to post comments

 
Cleft eyes
Good trait to know!
… Jim McClarin, 23 November, 2006 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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