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Tenebrionid - Diaperis maculata
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Tenebrionid - Diaperis maculata
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 29, 2006
Size: 7mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 29 March, 2006 - 11:09pm
Last updated 30 March, 2006 - 6:47am

Tenebrionid,
albeit a handsome one: Diaperis maculata.
… Jim McClarin, 30 March, 2006 - 5:48am

 
Diaperis maculata
Thanks Jim, I found this one under bark on a large dead deciduous tree, near the base.
… tom murray, 30 March, 2006 - 6:49am

 
Birch bark too.
I've found quite a few under bark on downed birch trees.
… Jim McClarin, 30 March, 2006 - 7:23pm

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