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False Click Beetle - Microrhagus pectinatus - female
Copyright © 2012 Karl Hillig

False Click Beetle - Microrhagus pectinatus - Female
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 19, 2012
Size: 5 mm
Collected from wild lettuce. I'm thinking it's a false click beetle, because of its small size. ID help appreciated.

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False Click Beetle - Microrhagus pectinatus - female False Click Beetle - Microrhagus pectinatus - female
Contributed by Karl Hillig on 22 July, 2012 - 7:58am
Last updated 29 June, 2016 - 6:28pm

Moved
Moved from False Click Beetles.
… Robert Otto, 23 July, 2012 - 10:06am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 22 July, 2012 - 4:00pm

yes, Eucnemidae
I don't know them like I do the elaterids and throscids. Robert Otto will get a genus or species name for ya!
… Blaine Mathison, 22 July, 2012 - 9:10am

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