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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 » Dicerca » Dicerca obscura
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beetle - Dicerca obscura
Copyright © 2007 randy newman

beetle - Dicerca obscura
Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
November 4, 2007
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Contributed by randy newman on 16 November, 2007 - 8:44am
Last updated 31 January, 2008 - 11:43am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 31 January, 2008 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Not an expert
But it looks like one of the Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae). I'm not sure which one.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/162/bgpage
… John R. Maxwell, 16 November, 2007 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

 
Definitely a Buprestid, but I
Definitely a Buprestid, but I don't know which one either
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 16 November, 2007 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Dicerca sp.
Genus is Dicerca. Next person will know species:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 November, 2007 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a Dicerca obscura
Looks like a Dicerca obscura to me. Maybe Ted can confirm.
… Joshua P. Basham, 31 January, 2008 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
I agree...
...Dicerca obscura
… Ted C. MacRae, 10 June, 2008 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

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