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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Tribalinae » Caerosternus » Caerosternus americanus
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Clown Beetle - Caerosternus americanus
Copyright © 2010 J. Ott

Clown Beetle - Caerosternus americanus
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
December 3, 2010
Size: ~2.5mm
Found under Pine bark and best match found is Caerosternus americanus.
Id appreciated.

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Contributed by J. Ott on 3 December, 2010 - 4:13pm

Moved tentatively; great call
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 3 December, 2010 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by A. Tishechkin
… v belov, 3 December, 2010 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V,and A. Tishechkin for id.
Never can thank you enough for the neverending id's,just do not
wish to fill your email.
… J. Ott, 3 December, 2010 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
don't bother, the pleasure is all mine, honest
there is no greater reward for me than seeing your beetles pop up on BG
… v belov, 3 December, 2010 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

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