Dear blacklighters who happen to get this message...

Please pay close attention to the little brown beetles that come to your lights. The ones that are 2-4 mm and with knobs on their antennae. This one, in particular:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/37494

I'm needing specimens to do DNA barcoding to see how different they are from the European species (there is debate as to whether they are different species).

Just pop them in the freezer and contact me.

Thanks!!

Posted on 04 June, 2017 23:58 by pfau_tarleton pfau_tarleton

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Don't expect to see them by the dozens, though. Mine appears to be the only one among all the sap-feeding beetles on iNat:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6411876

Posted by pfau_tarleton almost 7 years ago

Haven't had my light out for a while (trying to catch up on posting) but I'll keep my eye out when I get back to it.

Posted by kimberlietx almost 7 years ago

The dead squirrel trick worked well...I have a dozen of them now and will be extracting DNA from their tiny legs later today (trying to anyway)..

Posted by pfau_tarleton almost 7 years ago

Well, don't count on the squirrels to come running to you for forensic DNA tests now... in fact, you may never see one again now. Bahaha!

Posted by kimberlietx almost 7 years ago

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