Copula of tobacco beetles in dry nutmeg - at the edge of an Awale game (5326374248)

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Summary[edit] 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). Date: 3 January 2011, 17:04. Source: copula of tobacco beetles in dry nutmeg - at the edge of an Awale game. Author: gbohne from Berlin, Germany.