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Beetle - Ptilinus ruficornis - male
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Beetle - Ptilinus ruficornis - Male
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 7, 2014
Size: ~4.5mm
Ptilinus ruficornis(1)?

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Contributed by Tom Klein on 7 June, 2014 - 11:15pm
Last updated 8 June, 2014 - 1:32am

Ptilinus ruficornis Say
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.
… Brad Barnd, 19 November, 2021 - 8:34pm

correct again
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 8 June, 2014 - 1:32am

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