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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Aderini » Syzetoninina » Syzeton » Syzeton subfasciatus
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tiny beetle - Syzeton subfasciatus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

tiny beetle - Syzeton subfasciatus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 17, 2006
Size: 1.7mm
I found this on the underside of a honeysuckle leaf.
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 June, 2006 - 8:31pm

Nice find
and another family finally gets a *live* representative :-)
… Jim McClarin, 18 June, 2006 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

 
"Live beetle"
At first I didn't even know if this was a live bug. It looked like a tiny orange speck on the leaf, so I photographed it, then touched it, and it flew.
… tom murray, 18 June, 2006 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

Aderidae: Zonantes subfasciatus
Pity he wouldn't stick his head and antennae out. They like to hide out beneath leaves.
… Donald S. Chandler, 17 June, 2006 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

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