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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Epuraeinae » Epuraea » Subgenus Epuraea (Epuraea Subgenus Epuraea) » Epuraea aestiva
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Nitidulidae? - Epuraea aestiva - male
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Nitidulidae? - Epuraea aestiva - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 30, 2011
Size: 3.3mm
Found in a flower cluster.
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Contributed by tom murray on 1 July, 2011 - 10:54am
Last updated 1 July, 2011 - 9:59pm

a pretty unmistakable sp. [euroimport]
the only one with those oversize apical antennomeres in males; habits peculiar, too: larvae in bumblebee nests, adults frequent flowers. no other Epuraea lives like that in NA, and perhaps just one or two spp. elsewhere

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 1 July, 2011 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting behaviour
And it's not on Beatriz's non native list yet.
… tom murray, 1 July, 2011 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

 
'ou'
i'm also often tempted to stick to the British ways...
i wonder to what do we owe this spelling in your case... childhood in Canada?
re: Beatriz's list: good catch, missed this one
… v belov, 2 July, 2011 - 2:10am login or register to post comments

 
Late at night
and spell check didn't flag it:-)
… tom murray, 2 July, 2011 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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