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Ant-loving Beetle - Atinus monilicornis - female
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Ant-loving Beetle - Atinus monilicornis - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
September 3, 2013
Size: ~3mm

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Ant-loving Beetle - Atinus monilicornis - female Ant-loving Beetle - Atinus monilicornis
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 September, 2013 - 11:19pm
Last updated 5 September, 2013 - 10:54am

neat one; will ask Dr Chandler to check it out
… v belov, 4 September, 2013 - 11:13am

Moved to Atinus monilicornis
Moved from ID Request.

Thanks, Ilona. I didn't recognize ... lot more detail with MP-E :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 September, 2013 - 1:29am

beetle
I'll bet you can start at Subfamily Pselaphinae unless you want to wait for somebody with more expertise to identify it.
… Ilona L., 4 September, 2013 - 12:57am

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