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Titlecopula of tobacco beetles in dry nutmeg - at the edge of an Awale game
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Description
Those little beetles (~2mm) chose the "game stones" (Awale game)  I had substituted with nutmeg  for feeding, living & propagating.  The population in just 7 nutmeg seeds was more than 40 individuals and some larvae.  For more info:  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasioderma_serricorne  Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Order: Coleoptera (beetles, Käfer) Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Bostrichiformia Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Family: Anobiidae FLEMING, 1821 ("wood borer, Nagekäfer oder Pochkäfer) Subfamily: Xyletininae Lasioderma serricorne (tobacco beetle, Tabakkäfer)   Indonesia, W-Java: vic. Serpong, 3.1.2011 (in dry nutmeg)  _______________________________________________________________ MP-65mm, 2X, 1/250s, f/13, ISO100, 0EV, ring-flash, hand-held  (IMG_8356)
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photographergbohne
providerFlickr: EOL Images
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith