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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Round Fungus Beetles (Leiodidae) » Small Carrion Beetles (Cholevinae) » Cholevini » Catops
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small carrion beetle - Catops
Copyright © 2011 Ben Coulter

small carrion beetle - Catops
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 11, 2011
Size: 3 mm

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Contributed by Ben Coulter on 11 May, 2011 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 11 May, 2011 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Catops is safe, imho
if you care enough to take 'canonical' pix of a well-mounted specimen, i could show it to Stuart Peck and have a shot at species ID
… v belov, 11 May, 2011 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll see
These were the best I could manage with the live bugger. After three hours in the fridge, it was spry as ever.
… Ben Coulter, 11 May, 2011 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
A temporary knockout "drug"
is a short exposure to ethyl acetate, a killing agent. If the beetle is removed shortly after it stops moving it should recover. Meanwhile you can take lots of "still life" photos. I purchased some from bioquip.com but seldom have the patience to use it for this purpose.
… Jim McClarin, 14 May, 2011 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

 
Well...
It's a bit moot now. It expired overnight, so at least I have a non-motile specimen to take photos of. I need to start making proper specimens of some of these, if only I could find the time. Thanks for the ethyl acetate suggestion.
… Ben Coulter, 14 May, 2011 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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