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Water scavenger beetle - Cercyon praetextatus
Copyright © 2010 WonGun Kim

Water scavenger beetle - Cercyon praetextatus
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 12, 2010
Size: ~ 3 mm
My best guess is Cercyon praetextatus(1).

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 12 June, 2010 - 9:12pm
Last updated 21 June, 2010 - 7:26am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 21 June, 2010 - 7:26am

color looks right
but key characters lie underneath (mesosternal crest, femoral lines, etc).

Again, Loh might be able to work that gestalt magic! :)
… Blaine Mathison, 16 June, 2010 - 7:30pm

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