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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chalcophora » Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis)
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camo beetle in middle of sidewalk - Chalcophora virginiensis
Copyright © 2007 marcstrong82

camo beetle in middle of sidewalk - Chalcophora virginiensis
orlando, orange County, Florida, USA
August 19, 2007
Size: about an inch
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Contributed by marcstrong82 on 19 August, 2007 - 10:55am
Last updated 8 September, 2007 - 11:31am

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 8 September, 2007 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

Buprestid beetle
I think it might be this one, the Sculptured Pine Borer (see guide for more info):



You should wait for a beetle expert to comment, though. BTW I cropped your image to show more beetle and less sidewalk.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 19 August, 2007 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

 
That looks pretty close, than
That looks pretty close, thanks.
… marcstrong82, 19 August, 2007 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
...Chalcophora virginiensis.
… Ted C. MacRae, 7 September, 2007 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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