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rove beetle - Sepedophilus littoreus
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

rove beetle - Sepedophilus littoreus
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
April 6, 2010
Size: 4.7mm
Found in leaf litter.
Contributed by tom murray on 7 April, 2010 - 10:45pm
Last updated 8 April, 2010 - 8:13am

Moved
Moved from Sepedophilus.
This one looks a little different than the other S. littoreus I found. Is that just a gender difference?
… tom murray, 8 April, 2010 - 8:13am

 
This species tends to vary in
This species tends to vary in the amount of light markings on the pronotum..the one from today is more like what I'm used to collecting

-Adam
… Adam Brunke, 8 April, 2010 - 1:54pm

This is Sepedophilus littoreu
This is Sepedophilus littoreus, an introduced species.

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 8 April, 2010 - 7:59am

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