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Unknown - Clambus pubescens
Copyright © 2010 Tim Loh

Unknown - Clambus pubescens
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
September 15, 2010
Size: 1 mm
Found this crawling on the fence in the backyard; thought this was a corylophid..until I looked it up close...

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 17 September, 2010 - 12:02am
Last updated 12 February, 2014 - 3:21pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Minute Beetles.
… v belov, 12 February, 2014 - 3:21pm

Thanks...
it looked somewhat familiar...I collected another specimen (a different species) way back in spring.
… Tim Loh, 17 September, 2010 - 5:25pm

clambid?
Looks like a clambid to me. Seems to have a rather transparent metacoxal plate if I am seeing things correctly.

Nice find.
… Jeff Gruber, 17 September, 2010 - 8:11am

 
clambid... neat!
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… v belov, 17 September, 2010 - 10:28am

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