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Forked Fungus Beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - female
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Forked Fungus Beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - Female
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 26, 2006
Size: 12mm

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Forked Fungus Beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - female Forked Fungus Beetle - Bolitotherus cornutus - female
Contributed by tom murray on 27 April, 2006 - 12:25am
Last updated 27 April, 2006 - 6:49am

I'm thinking Bolitotherus cornuti female.
The dorsal bumps seem too large for corti*collis. Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 27 April, 2006 - 5:37am

 
Forked Fungus Beetle
That's it, thanks Jim.
… tom murray, 27 April, 2006 - 6:50am

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