Black tenebs - Centronopus calcaratus Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Size: adults 16-17mm larv. 24mm
Collected as larvae from wet, pulpy sapwood of deciduous log Dec. 2, 2006 and photographed Mar. 18, 2007. Four beetles had eclosed, one recently judging by color, and one had died (or been killed) and eaten, leaving mostly just exoskeleton.
I think this is probably Centron*opus calcar*atus but I need to check one more feature, blond, hairy armpits (actually inner front femur surface).
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 25 March, 2007 - 7:26am Last updated 31 March, 2007 - 7:35pm |