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Beetle - Desmocerus auripennis - female
Copyright © 2006 Aimee Mulaner

Beetle - Desmocerus auripennis - Female
Hagensborg, British Columbia, Canada
July 1, 2006
Contributed by Aimee Mulaner on 21 June, 2007 - 1:29am
Last updated 14 December, 2007 - 8:47pm

Moved
Moved from Golden-winged elder borer.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 14 December, 2007 - 8:47pm

I believe this is desmocerus
I believe this is desmocerus californicus.
… William Ericson, 14 November, 2007 - 3:13pm

Looks like...
...Desmocerus aureipennis - what a beauty!
… Ted C. MacRae, 21 June, 2007 - 10:08am

 
Desmocerus auripennis female.
Desmocerus auripennis female. They are beautiful! its exciting to see them rest on a leaf or flying around the elderberry bushes.
… Dennis Haines, 14 December, 2007 - 12:17pm

Wow!
I wonder if this is the western Desmocerus. It was on elderberry, right?
… Jim McClarin, 21 June, 2007 - 6:23am

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