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Small Darkling Beetle - Blapstinus substriatus
Copyright © 2014 Jim Moore

Small Darkling Beetle - Blapstinus substriatus
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
October 12, 2013
Size: Body length 5mm
Perhaps Genus Blapstinus? See here: (1).
My thanks for confirmation or otherwise.

A occasional little beetle usually seen in the daytime, and in dry areas.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 4 September, 2014 - 1:50am
Last updated 20 December, 2018 - 5:15pm

Moved tentatively; great call, i'd say
Moved from Blapstinus.
… v belov, 20 December, 2018 - 5:15pm

Just a guess...
... perhaps the same as this specimen:



Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Jim Moore, 18 September, 2014 - 12:48am

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