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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Minute Tree-fungus Beetles (Ciidae) » Ciinae » Ciini » Ceracis
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beetle - Ceracis
Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

beetle - Ceracis
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 24, 2006
Size: about 1.8 mm

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beetle - Ceracis beetle - Ceracis
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 6 September, 2006 - 2:45am
Last updated 31 December, 2009 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Minute Tree-fungus Beetles.
… Joyce Gross, 31 December, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

It's amazing how plentiful these are.
They don't need much moisture either. I've had some tree fungus samples gathering dust for months in my room, dry as a bone (or a soda cracker). I cracked it open recently to find some of these little guys. I need to see about rounding up a ciid specialist to have a look at this family on bugguide.
… Jim McClarin, 6 September, 2006 - 6:09am login or register to post comments

 
larvae
I broke off a piece of the fungus on which I found the adults and found lots of tiny larvae inside -- I'm guessing they were ciids but I didn't know for sure. If they were, that would agree with your observation about how plentiful they are.
… Joyce Gross, 6 September, 2006 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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