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Mycetophagus punctatus
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Copyright © 2010
MJ Hatfield
Mycetophagidae -
Mycetophagus punctatus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 26, 2010
I didn't get a closer photo because (without thinking) I "saw" a picnic beetle.
Photographed at night on a shelf fungus.
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Contributed by
MJ Hatfield
on 10 September, 2010 - 9:11pm
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 9:17am
The slug....
The slug is a native species to Eastern North America. It is a species of Philomycus. Species can be difficult to get these down to but I would suspect from the strong orange pigment along the foot fringe which I would assume also would be on the sole, that this is likely Philomycus togatus. Philomycus meaning friend of fungi or fungus loving.
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Jason M. Crockwell
, 12 March, 2016 - 8:46pm
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Moved
Moved from
Beetles
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MJ Hatfield
, 10 September, 2010 - 9:28pm
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your ID looks correct
interesting behavioral observation. Worth keeping for the Guide.
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Blaine Mathison
, 10 September, 2010 - 9:23pm
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Thanks..
and I have to keep it posted because there are none from Iowa.
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MJ Hatfield
, 10 September, 2010 - 9:29pm
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