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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 Haptoncus (Epuraea Subgenus Haptoncus) » Pineapple Sap Beetle (Epuraea luteola)
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Tiny Beetle in Cantaloupe - Epuraea luteola
Copyright © 2011 STEVEN R. VALDESPINO

Tiny Beetle in Cantaloupe - Epuraea luteola
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
December 17, 2011
Size: ~ 2mm
Tiny beetle in a rotting Cantaloupe, 11:10 a.m.
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Contributed by STEVEN R. VALDESPINO on 26 December, 2011 - 7:28pm
Last updated 27 December, 2011 - 11:56pm

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… John R. Maxwell, 27 December, 2011 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Graham Montgomery, 26 December, 2011 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

A sap-feeding beetle,
family nitidulidae, looks like an Epuraea to me.
… Graham Montgomery, 26 December, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
has to be E. luteola (=Haptoncus luteolus)
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