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10-09-2008, 03:45 PM
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| | | [ID] Beetle
A little Beetle, around 3 or 4mms, under rotten wood ...  |
10-09-2008, 04:42 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Beetle
It looks like a Cercyon species. There a quite a few of these and they all like rotting vegetation, dung etc. |
10-09-2008, 04:59 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Beetle
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Originally Posted by Laurence Clemons  It looks like a Cercyon species. There a quite a few of these and they all like rotting vegetation, dung etc. | Poster is correct, it is indeed a Cercyon, scavenger water beetle i believe. |
10-09-2008, 05:45 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Beetle
It could be a Cercyon, but if it is small then look at Megasternum also - same family of beetles. The shape of the front legs pulls this one out from Cercyon, but the picture doesn't help us resolve it - you need to see the legs from the front/head.
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10-09-2008, 06:11 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Beetle
There are a handful of these at my location, so i`ll try for a frontal shot tomorrow, and btw there isent any water nearby  ... |
10-09-2008, 09:36 PM
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Hi
Some Cercyon are tied to dung and rotting material - so moisture is needed but not water.
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Jon |
11-09-2008, 11:28 AM
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I seem to recollect that Megasternum species are usually entirely black and more heavily punctured than this specimen. |
11-09-2008, 06:51 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Beetle
hi Lawrence,
That is certainly normally the case, but I have a few specimens that are lighter (reddish) toward the base of the elytra that fell into pitfall traps on a grassland survey we carried out on Orkney. The cut-away profile in the front legs will separate them.
I am not saying it is definitely not a Cercyon but offering another possibility.
Regards
Jon | | |
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