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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Hooded Beetles (Corylophidae) » Parmulini » Clypastraea » Clypastraea lunata
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Tiny-headed Beetle - Clypastraea lunata
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Tiny-headed Beetle - Clypastraea lunata
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 24, 2012
It's been some months since I took these photos, so I don't remember, but judging from the texture of the surface in this photo, I'd say this must have been a tiny beetle.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 12 September, 2012 - 10:09pm
Last updated 8 March, 2024 - 7:17pm

Moved tentatively; looks teneral
Moved from Minute Hooded Beetles.
… v belov, 13 September, 2012 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
Oh
but it does look like the other photos - down to the pair of spots on the elytra and the two light areas on the "shoulders". Thank you!
… Ashley Bradford, 13 September, 2012 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 12 September, 2012 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

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