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red-sided click beetle - Ampedus laesus

red-sided click beetle - Ampedus laesus
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
May 20, 2008
Found under spruce bark.

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Moved
Moved from Ampedus semicinctus.
Blaine, I think you're right. This looks just like the one Brad has in the guide as A. laesus.

possible A. laesus...
the red on the epipleuron looks too far down to be semicintus.

Thanks Dennis
Moved from Ampedus.

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.

has to be Ampedus sp.
by habitat and colouration.

 
I'd place it in Ampedus semic
I'd place it in Ampedus semicinctus, though the orange "shoulders" are a bit reduced from the typical.

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