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Order Coleoptera - Beetles

Archostemata · Myxophaga · Adephaga · Polyphaga · Unidentified immatures

Suborder Archostemata
Reticulated Beetle - Tenomerga cinerea Micromalthidae Micromalthus debilis - Micromalthus debilis Micromalthus debilis - Micromalthus debilis Prolixocupes lobiceps Micromalthus debilis Prolixocupes lobiceps Cupes capitatus Micromalthus debilis

Suborder Myxophaga
Hydroscapha redfordi Hydroscapha redfordi Specimen 3, dorso-lateral, wings spread - Sphaerius Specimen 3, dorsal folded left wing - Sphaerius minute bog beetles Sphaerius sp. - Sphaerius Sphaerius larvae?? - Sphaerius Beetle - Sphaerius Beetle - Sphaerius

Suborder Adephaga
Predaceous Diving Beetle - Ilybius fraterculus - female Oregon Tiger Beetle - Cicindela oregona Festive Tiger Beetle - Ohio - Cicindela scutellaris Dytiscidae, lateral - Heterosternuta Cicindelidia obsoleta vulturina (LeConte) - Cicindelidia obsoleta Notiophilus semistriatus - male Amara? - Amara Terrestrial Beetle Larva on Pavement

Suborder Polyphaga
Large Grub Carpet Beetle - Megatoma variegata - male Temnoscheila - Temnoscheila acuta Coleoptera - Uloma punctulata Striped-Tortoise Beetle - Agroiconota bivittata D punctatus from Vermillion, SD - Dioedus punctatus Beetle - Reichenbachia 9082765 Philonthus - Philonthus rufulus

Unidentified immatures
Cucujus clavipes Larva - Red Flat Bark Beetle 4002994 pupa Beetle larva? Beetle larva Coleoptera caterpillar-like creature feeding on smooth yellow false-foxglove Immature arthropod on Tradescantia ohioensis Unknown beetle larvae


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