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Photo#909363
Odd Beetle - Ptinus variegatus

Odd Beetle - Ptinus variegatus
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
April 14, 2014
Size: 3.5mm
Will try for another view. Found on side of building, very shy.

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Odd Beetle - Ptinus variegatus Odd Beetle - Ptinus variegatus Odd Beetle - Ptinus variegatus

Moved
Moved from Ptinus bimaculatus.

Pronotal pubescence much shorther than in bimaculatus, and denser, pale and scaly medially.

European by origin, ID was a spin-off from iNaturalist

Ptinus bimaculatus Melsheimer
Moved from Ptinus. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Maybe a Spider Beetle

 
Looks right.
Thanks.