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Tule Beetle
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Tule Beetle

Tanystoma maculicolle

Tanystoma maculicolle is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in southern Oregon and much of California, where it has been described as "extremely common". Its common names include tule beetle, overflow bug, and grease bug. It is especially familiar in the agricultural areas of the Central Valley of California, where it sometimes invades homes.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 318487.