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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Ernobiinae » Ozognathini » Ozognathus » Ozognathus cornutus
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Tiny beetle on oak - Ozognathus cornutus
Copyright © 2011 R. Berg

Tiny beetle on oak - Ozognathus cornutus
Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County, California, USA
June 16, 2011
Size: ~2 mm bl
First seen walking on an oak gall, then on adjacent parts of the tree, next to the Iron Horse Trail, afternoon.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 17 June, 2011 - 11:46am
Last updated 26 June, 2011 - 1:35am

Moved
Moved from Death-watch and Spider Beetles.
… R. Berg, 26 June, 2011 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… R. Berg, 17 June, 2011 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

Anobiidae
Deathwatch beetle is where I would look first....

Looks very close to acorn anobiid - Ozognathus cornutus

Like this one:
… Gary Griswold, 17 June, 2011 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
These images are so shamefully blurry that I hesitated to post them, but if you're right about the species, there may be a significant find here about range. All photos so far are from Bay Area counties, and mine are the farthest from the coast. (The other people's images are blurry, too.)

The gall that this beetle was on was old and had a big hole on one side.

… R. Berg, 17 June, 2011 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

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