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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chrysochroini » Chalcophora » Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis)
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Chalcophora virginiensis - Sculptured Pine Borer - Chalcophora virginiensis
Copyright © 2007 Rick Shackleton

Chalcophora virginiensis - Sculptured Pine Borer - Chalcophora virginiensis
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
November 21, 2007
Size: about 30mm
This hit the screen with a buzz and thump. I thought maybe a cicada but it seem to have a hard covering over the wings.
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Contributed by Rick Shackleton on 23 November, 2007 - 6:02pm
Last updated 24 November, 2007 - 9:11pm

Beetle
This is a Buprestid beetle.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 23 November, 2007 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the ID.
I was surprised I didn't find much info on this in SW Florida. Thank you.
… Rick Shackleton, 24 November, 2007 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
looks like Chalcophora
I'm not a Bup expert, but this one looks like Chalcophora, probably C. virginiensis. See
… Tim Moyer, 24 November, 2007 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID. I was amazed at the size of this guy. It sure seems to be the correct guy. Thanks.
… Rick Shackleton, 24 November, 2007 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
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… Tim Moyer, 24 November, 2007 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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