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Kateretidae, dorsal - Heterhelus sericans

100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
September 14, 2013
Size: 1.8 mm

collected on Goldenrod, Solidago sp.

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Kateretidae, dorsal - Heterhelus sericans

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 6 April, 2014 - 9:34pm
Last updated 16 June, 2014 - 2:26pm

Heterhelus sericans --det. A. Cline

his comment: "the host information is interesting since almost all collections of this species are on Sambucus, which is the known larval host"

Moved from Short-winged Flower Beetles.

… v belov, 16 June, 2014 - 2:26pm

Thanks to you both.

I don't know enough about insects but could this little beetle have been out for a walk, or a flyabout, or got blown about rather than on it's host?

… MJ Hatfield, 16 June, 2014 - 5:18pm

Moved...hope I got this right; could also be a nitidulid

Moved from Sap, Bark, Fungus and Lady Beetles.

… Blaine Mathison, 7 April, 2014 - 9:08am

you got it

not a nit

… Gareth Powell, 7 April, 2014 - 12:27pm

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