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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Opatrini » Ammodonus » Ammodonus fossor
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Sand Beetle.. - Ammodonus fossor
Copyright © 2010 WanderingMogwai

Sand Beetle.. - Ammodonus fossor
Jacob Riis Park, Queens, NYC, New York, USA
June 5, 2010
Size: ~1/4 inches
In the dunes of Jacob Riis Park there are these well camouflaged little beetles on the sand. Each has a slight variation in its markings.

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Sand Beetle.. - Ammodonus fossor Sand Beetle.. - Ammodonus fossor
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Contributed by WanderingMogwai on 7 June, 2010 - 6:28pm
Last updated 4 May, 2012 - 9:53pm

a very nice one!!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 7 June, 2010 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! :)
Thank you! :)
… WanderingMogwai, 8 June, 2010 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

edit - boy was i off :-)
Would've never guessed Darkling Beetle
… Andrew Williams, 7 June, 2010 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Slightly off topic, but were
Slightly off topic, but were you also at Ft. Tilden today with a friend?
… Rich Kelly, 7 June, 2010 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Ft. Tilden..
Nope. Not on Monday. We'd made such a day of it on Saturday and having not worn sunscreen I was red as a lobster! :)
… WanderingMogwai, 8 June, 2010 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

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