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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Melanophthalma » subgenus Cortilena (Melanophthalma subgenus Cortilena) » Melanophthalma picta
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Tiny Beetle - Melanophthalma picta
Copyright © 2013 David E. Reed

Tiny Beetle - Melanophthalma picta
Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
September 26, 2013
Size: 1.4mm
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 6 October, 2013 - 1:18pm
Last updated 10 November, 2013 - 9:00pm

Moved
Moved from Corticariinae.
… Charlene Wood, 10 November, 2013 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

nest thing; hope Charlene recognizes it
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 6 October, 2013 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Beetle
Thank you. What would you think of Melanophthalma picta?
… David E. Reed, 6 October, 2013 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
very good call; hope she confirms
… v belov, 6 October, 2013 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
certainly!
good call.
… Charlene Wood, 10 November, 2013 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

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