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Beetle - Smicronyx compar
Copyright © 2014 Tom Klein

Beetle - Smicronyx compar
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 9, 2014
Size: ~4mm
Smicronyx(1)?
Common on cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum).

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Contributed by Tom Klein on 9 August, 2014 - 10:15pm
Last updated 16 November, 2021 - 8:54pm

Smicronyx compar (Dietz), male
ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

Fairly sure this is the right ID. In any case, it is the same subgenus (Desmoris, fulvus group). Anderson (1) states no biological information known. However, your observation matches the host plant information (Silphium perfoliatum) of MJ Hatfield's post.
… Brad Barnd, 16 November, 2021 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Smicronyx.
… Brad Barnd, 16 November, 2021 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

host
intriguingly, this host, in connection with Smicronyx, is only mentioned for S. (Desmoris) floridanus in(1); your bug is not in that subgenus, but, on the other hand, some smicros seem not to be too picky as it comes to the composite hosts

i so hope we get them sorted out one day; it's a damn shame pics like yours don't have a name
… v belov, 17 January, 2015 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

correct again
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 August, 2014 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

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