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| Title | copula of tobacco beetles in dry nutmeg - at the edge of an Awale game |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ |
| Rating | 3 |
| Vetted | Trusted |
| 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) |
| Original URL | http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5250/5326374248_3d65cd91d2_o.jpg |
| photographer | gbohne |
| provider | Flickr: EOL Images |
