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Tree Fungus Darkling Beetle

Diaperis boleti bipustulata

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Field Notes

Description:

6-8mm long

Habitat:

Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by night light.

Species ID Suggestions

Tree Fungus Darkling beetle

Diaperis boleti bipustulata

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Comments (3)
thaptor
The iberian / maroccan form. Link tells, subspecies status is not accepted any more.
stho002
Hard to tell from this angle, but possibly a tenebrionid of the genus Diaperis? See: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diaperis_boleti_aberration.jpg

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Biodiversidad en España/Spain
Mission
Mission WILD
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 18, 2013

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