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Scaphinotus punctatus
Black beetle with rounded abdomen and squared pronotum.
Under fungi growing on Oak tree at Oakoasis Open Space Preserve
Spotted on Jan 3, 2014
Submitted on Jan 4, 2014
4 Comments
He he he. They do! Since I had little chance of uprooting a large Oak tree to retrieve it, I have to settle with this one ;)
I agree. The thorax looks 'boxy'. They run away to tease us.
:) Could be. It's probably the angle but the thorax appears to have a different shape than I'm use to for that genus. This one only allowed one photo before running away.
Beastie! Eleodes sp maybe?