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Tarpela micans
16 mm; black beetle whose shell almost looks irridescent with red and green stripes
found underneath when removing canker worm prevention bands around Willow Oak tree
perfect representation of aggregating behavior; also called gleaming darkling beetle; eeds on dead and decyaing material
Spotted on Apr 16, 2017
Submitted on Apr 16, 2017
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