minute brown scavenger beetle

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minute brown scavenger beetle

insect

Also known as: Lathridiidae

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Coleoptera
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Family Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles) Found in fungi, debris, flowers; about 600 species. Family Nitidulidae (sap beetles) Variable size, shape, habits; usually found around fermenting plant fluids or moldy plant materials; about 2,200 species; examples Meligethes,
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Family Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles) Found in fungi, debris, flowers; about 600 species. Family Nitidulidae (sap beetles) Variable size, shape, habits; usually found around fermenting plant fluids or moldy plant materials; about 2,200 species; examples Meligethes,
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