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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Dendrophilinae » Paromalini » Carcinops » Carcinops pumilio
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histerid - Carcinops pumilio
Copyright © 2010 Joyce Gross

histerid - Carcinops pumilio
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
March 7, 2010
Size: 2.5mm
Beetle was buried in my compost pile feeding on a rotting pumpkin, in the company of a lot of others of its kind and some hydrophilids and nitidulids.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 31 March, 2010 - 1:54pm
Last updated 8 April, 2010 - 10:25pm

Spots
What are those spots attached to it? Mites? Eggs?
… Wendy Marchant, 16 August, 2010 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
mites?
I'm pretty sure they're mites (which are commonly seen on beetles)...
… Joyce Gross, 16 August, 2010 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

ID confirmed by Alexey Tishechkin
Moved from Carcinops.
… v belov, 31 March, 2010 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 31 March, 2010 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

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