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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles (Sphindidae) » Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles (Sphindus) » Sphindus americanus
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beetle - Sphindus americanus
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

beetle - Sphindus americanus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 18, 2011
Size: 1.8mm
Attracted to lights.

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beetle - Sphindus americanus beetle - Sphindus americanus
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Contributed by tom murray on 19 August, 2011 - 10:13pm
Last updated 20 August, 2011 - 2:09pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 20 August, 2011 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Looks Sphindus-like
but I'm not sure...
… Brad Barnd, 20 August, 2011 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphindus americanus?
It looks like the one I found 2 years ago at my lights.
… tom murray, 20 August, 2011 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah
that's the one I was looking at; must be it I suppose. Though from the info page it appears there may be more than 1 species under this name.
… Brad Barnd, 20 August, 2011 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

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