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Derodontid - Derodontus esotericus
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Derodontid - Derodontus esotericus
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 13, 2013
Size: 2mm
In a big bracket fungus.
Contributed by roar on 13 October, 2013 - 5:21pm
Last updated 4 June, 2016 - 2:23pm

Derodontus esotericus
Moved from ID Request. Nice find! Found on fungi during the cooler parts of the year.
… Brad Barnd, 13 October, 2013 - 9:51pm

 
Pisenus humeralis...
...is another rarely photographed fungal beetle found en masse from late October on
… v belov, 14 October, 2013 - 1:57pm

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