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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Beetles
  6. Darkling Beetles and Allies
  7. Lax Beetles

family

Lax Beetles

Oedemeridae

Includes
48 native 2 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Oedemerinae 35 native
  • Nacerdinae 10 native
  • Calopodinae 2 native
  • Polypriinae 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native lax beetles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Red-necked False Blister Beetle Ischnomera ruficollis 2,769 observations
  • Spot-necked Oedemerid Ischnomera puncticollis 695 observations
  • Angled False Blister Beetle Calopus angustus 233 observations
  • Oxacis angustata 15 observations

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