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Water Scavenger Beetle - Cercyon laminatus
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Water Scavenger Beetle - Cercyon laminatus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 27, 2012
Contributed by tom murray on 29 August, 2012 - 9:48pm
Last updated 30 August, 2012 - 10:08am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Cercyon.
… v belov, 30 August, 2012 - 10:08am

laminatus comes to mind...
compare, e.g., here or here

Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles.
… v belov, 30 August, 2012 - 1:37am

 
C. laminatus
That looks like the same species. But this is one I didn't collect because I thought it was something else that's common. I'll keep an eye out for another one at my lights.
… tom murray, 30 August, 2012 - 8:15am

Moved
Moved from Aphodiine Dung Beetles.
Oops! I was paying more attention to the color pattern than the shape and antennae.
… tom murray, 29 August, 2012 - 10:17pm

not a dung beetle of the scarab sort
Cercyon?
… Brad Barnd, 29 August, 2012 - 10:04pm

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