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Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus vulcanoides
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus vulcanoides
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 4, 2011
Size: 9.8mm
Contributed by tom murray on 5 May, 2011 - 8:13am
Last updated 21 May, 2011 - 12:14pm

Moved
Moved from Bombardier Beetle.
Thanks Peter.
… tom murray, 21 May, 2011 - 12:14pm

Brachinus vulcanoides
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen which is now a photo-voucher in the P.W.Messer collection. Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 21 May, 2011 - 11:33am

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