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fungivorous beetle - Phenolia grossa
Copyright © 2011 nathan pate

fungivorous beetle - Phenolia grossa
Charlestown St. Pk., clark County, Indiana, USA
September 26, 2011
Size: 1cm approx
Found inside (or under) a chicken-of-the-woods mushroom, Laetiporus sulphureus. "played possum' upon exposure.

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Contributed by nathan pate on 27 September, 2011 - 8:21am
Last updated 28 September, 2011 - 2:48pm

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Nitidulid
Phenolia grossa
… Michael C. Thomas, 27 September, 2011 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
too cool...
thanks for that ID. i see from the other info here that mr. belov calls them "saproxylic", with all due respect no doubt.
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