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Coccinellid? - Microweisea misella
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Coccinellid? - Microweisea misella
Fish Creek Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
March 20, 2010
Size: ~1 mm
Tiny, convex black beetle sifted from forest litter...I'm thinking Microweisia but not sure..

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 7 April, 2010 - 12:35am
Last updated 7 April, 2010 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 7 April, 2010 - 11:07am

I second that ID...
Given the possibilities in Alberta (I also have John Acorn's Ladybugs of Alberta, an excellent guide), the size, shape, lack of hair and so on, I think there is really nothing else it could be.
… Denis A. Doucet, 7 April, 2010 - 6:15am

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