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Golden-spot Blue beetle - Penthe obliquata
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

Golden-spot Blue beetle - Penthe obliquata
Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
March 22, 2008
Size: 1.5 cm
This beetle was found dormant under a large piece of fallen bark in the woods around Birch Hill Elementary school. When I first saw it I though it was missing a head & was thus a dead specimen, so I snapped one, and only one, photo of it. It was only after looking at the photo blown up that I saw the two big gleaming eyes beneath the pronotum.

I'm gonna' go out on a limb here and say that I think this guy is a metallic wood boring beetle (Superfamily Buprestoidea).
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 4 April, 2008 - 11:39pm
Last updated 7 May, 2008 - 5:58am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 7 May, 2008 - 5:58am login or register to post comments

tetratomid
Penthe obliquata. See .
… Jeff Gruber, 4 April, 2008 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Fast!
Oh, wow! That was fast!

So much for my gut feeling. XD
… Jonas Insinga, 4 April, 2008 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

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