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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Bolitophagini » Bolitotherus » Forked Fungus Beetle (Bolitotherus cornutus)
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Beetle on shelf fungi - Bolitotherus cornutus - female
Copyright © 2012 Bethany Foshee

Beetle on shelf fungi - Bolitotherus cornutus - Female
77079, Harris County, Texas, USA
December 7, 2012
Size: 1/3 inch
several of these beetles were found associating with shelf fungi on a dead oak
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Contributed by Bethany Foshee on 10 December, 2012 - 2:54pm
Last updated 13 December, 2012 - 4:49pm

Forked Fungus Beetle
Moved from ID Request.

Bethany, based on Belov's ID, you have now added December for Texas on BugGuide. Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 13 December, 2012 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Welcome to BugGuide!
Bethany,
New contributors get one free beetle cropping. Look forward to seeing more of your photos ... cropped :)
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 13 December, 2012 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

fem. Bolitotherus cornutus
very common in hard shelf fungi throughout the east, and then some.
for the future, please crop down just to the bug any images posted for identification purposes
… v belov, 10 December, 2012 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Thank you for the quick ID! Love these beetles!
… Bethany Foshee, 10 December, 2012 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

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