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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) » Latridiinae » Cartodere » subgenus Aridius (Cartodere subgenus Aridius) » Swollen Fungus Beetle (Cartodere nodifer)
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Weevil ? - Cartodere nodifer
Copyright © 2014 John Rosenfeld

Weevil ? - Cartodere nodifer
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 13, 2014

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Weevil ? - Cartodere nodifer Weevil ? - Cartodere nodifer
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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 14 May, 2014 - 9:11pm

Cartodere (Aridius) nodifera (Westwood)
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John, really cool beetle.
… Brad Barnd, 25 July, 2014 - 1:06am login or register to post comments

 
I thought it was pretty spiffy
Seems to be mostly found on the west coast.
… John Rosenfeld, 25 July, 2014 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
they pop up more or less around the world...
...and it's not what you would call an uncommon species, but i've never seen it en masse --or, in fact, collected a series, just a lone specimen every now and then around the house
and yes, they certainly look clever
… v belov, 25 July, 2014 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 May, 2014 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

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