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Photo#385526
rove beetle - Neohypnus monstrosus

rove beetle - Neohypnus monstrosus
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 14, 2010
Size: 3.5mm

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rove beetle - Neohypnus monstrosus rove beetle - Neohypnus monstrosus

Moved
Moved from Neohypnus fragilis.

I have examined this specimen
I have examined this specimen very closely and have decided that it must be Neohypnus monstrosus. Initially, from the photo, the size coupled with the color and a few other things led me to an erroneous determination. This appears to be a recently emerged individual.

Cheers,
Adam

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.

Neohypnus
? (or related Xantholinini).

 
This is Neohypnus fragilus, n
This is Neohypnus fragilus, nice Tom! Only ten more in the genus to go! (and they get much harder to ID)... April/May is the best time for Xantholinini

Adam

 
spelling: fragilus vs. fragilis

 
My bad...the correct spelling
My bad...the correct spelling is fragilis

with this incredible staph diversity...
...the resource partitioning in the community has to be so fine-tuned! can you imagine all the unique hunting and prey-handling techniques each species had to come up with?

 
Natures ballance
It shows how everything in the community fits together so perfectly.

 
I feel sorry...
for whatever fits nicely in those mandibles! :)

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