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tiny black beetle - Anisandrus dispar
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

tiny black beetle - Anisandrus dispar
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 4, 2011
Size: ~ 4 mm (maybe smaller)
Looks close to Xylosandrus or Ambrosiodmus. As far as I can tell this one doesn't have protrusions from the hind end. This one was flying around in my back yard, then landed on my patio chair.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 4 May, 2011 - 10:13pm
Last updated 19 March, 2012 - 10:09pm

Moved
Moved from Xyleborina.
… Thomas H. Atkinson, 19 March, 2012 - 10:09pm

 
Anisandrus dispar
Thanks Thomas.
… Lynette Elliott, 20 March, 2012 - 8:33am

Moved
Moved from Bark and Ambrosia Beetles.
… v belov, 2 February, 2012 - 5:38am

Moved to subfamily level...
to be seen by specialists and 'clean up' general Coleoptera.

Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 6 May, 2011 - 2:20pm

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