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πŸͺ² Beetles

Globular Ant-loving Beetle

Chennium bituberculatum

About

A small, rounded pselaphine rove beetle with a glossy chestnut-brown body and two prominent tubercles on the pronotum. It lives as a guest in the nests of various Tetramorium ant species.

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Did You Know?

The two tubercles on its thorax are actually glandular organs that produce secretions attractive to its host ants.