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Silken Fungus Beetle? - Atomaria distincta
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Silken Fungus Beetle? - Atomaria distincta
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 13, 2010
Size: 1.6mm
Found by sifting piles of dead grass piled up from floods along a dirt road with a corn field on one side, and a swamp on the other side.
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Contributed by tom murray on 13 April, 2010 - 9:50pm
Last updated 14 April, 2010 - 4:14am

i think this one is a real A. d.; others on this page aren't
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 April, 2010 - 4:14am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by Colin Johnson: A. distincta
… v belov, 22 April, 2012 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Atomaria as well
Color pattern looks distinctive...
… Tim Loh, 13 April, 2010 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Silken Fungus Beetles.
… tom murray, 13 April, 2010 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

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