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Forked fungus beetle

Bolitotherus cornutus

Description:

1/2 inch long

Habitat:

spotted on a large, rather old shelf fungus attached to a fallen tree in a wooded area

Notes:

The third photo is of a female without the 'fork'.

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4 Comments

Yasser
Yasser 11 years ago

Awesome little beetle!

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Thank you both. I thought they were 'incredibly cool looking' myself.

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Incredible!!

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 11 years ago

Very cool looking!

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 23, 2012

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