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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Cryptophaginae » Cryptophagini » Antherophagus » Antherophagus ochraceus
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Beetle - Antherophagus ochraceus
Copyright © 2012 John Lampkin

Beetle - Antherophagus ochraceus
Suffern, Rockland County, New York, USA
June 3, 2012
Size: 8 mm
So many genera...
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Contributed by John Lampkin on 4 June, 2012 - 5:56am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 4 June, 2012 - 6:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
And there it is, eating pollen just like the name suggests.
The Antherophagus link explains that members of this genus hitch rides on bumblebees to be carried to their nests. Does anyone have access to a photo?
… John Lampkin, 4 June, 2012 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

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