Red Flat Bark Beetle

Subject:  Whats this bug
Geographic location of the bug:  Pennsylvania
Date: 06/13/2019
Time: 09:42 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Can u help me identify this bug on a ash tree
How you want your letter signed:  Ryan

Red Flat Bark Beetle

Dear Ryan,
This is a beneficial Red Flat Bark Beetle, and according to BugGuide the habitat is “under loose bark of deciduous trees” and they eat “presumably predaceous on other arthropods.”

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