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Root-eating Beetle - Rhizophagus sayi
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Root-eating Beetle - Rhizophagus sayi
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: 2.8mm
There were 2 of these small beetles walking around a tree trunk in the sun with some springtails.
Contributed by tom murray on 26 March, 2006 - 7:36pm

I'm just itching to find one of these little guys.
Nice thing about you and I, Tom, is that we're in the same bio-zone so we serve often as an early warning system for each other as to what we could be finding next...
… Jim McClarin, 26 March, 2006 - 9:00pm

 
I'm not itching anymore :-)
I found one. At least I think so. Am posting.
… Jim McClarin, 15 November, 2008 - 7:01am

 
location
that I found these 2 and another were all on the same tree. If you want, I can show you where it is. The area is a large woodland with some trails, and lots of dead trees.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2006 - 9:20pm

 
Thanks for the offer.
Maybe after I get my taxes done. I have to swear off collecting till then.
… Jim McClarin, 27 March, 2006 - 5:41am

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