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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

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

ID confirmed by Alexey Tishechkin
Moved from Carcinops.
… v belov, 31 March, 2010 - 10:02pm

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 31 March, 2010 - 2:03pm

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