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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorns (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Brachysomida » Brachysomida bivittata
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Soldier Beetle? - Brachysomida bivittata
Copyright © 2009 kestrel360

Soldier Beetle? - Brachysomida bivittata
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
April 19, 2009
Size: ~8-10 mm
Is this a Soldier Beetle, family Cantharidae? Found at Seven Islands WR BioBlitz.

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Soldier Beetle? - Brachysomida bivittata Soldier Beetle? - Brachysomida bivittata
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Contributed by kestrel360 on 21 April, 2009 - 12:45am
Last updated 21 April, 2009 - 10:00am

Oops!
I forgot some of long-horned beetles look like leaf beetles. ^^
… WonGun Kim, 21 April, 2009 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gaurotes thoracica.
… v belov, 21 April, 2009 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, All
I have enjoyed the comments, and appreciate the time taken to look at these images, and for identifying this little beetle!
Audrey
… kestrel360, 21 April, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

neither soldier nor leaf beetle
this is a longhorn -- others will tell which one (has to be smtg in the Gaurotes/Acmaeops neighborhood)
… v belov, 21 April, 2009 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

 
Guarotes
G. thoracica, a rare species.
… Michael C. Thomas, 21 April, 2009 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
thanks --
no wonder i didn't see it in the Guide... well, there was one -- a male, i guess (quite diff-looking, too)
glad i wasn't off genuswise
… v belov, 21 April, 2009 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for casting doubt on my too-quick-on-the-draw identification. I was wrong. It actually is a color form of Brachysomida bivittata (Say).
… Michael C. Thomas, 21 April, 2009 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

It's a leaf beetle.
Someone would help with ID. ^^
… WonGun Kim, 21 April, 2009 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

 
Oops!
Thanks - I guess I had soldier beetles on the brain - it seemed that most of the beetles I saw that weekend were ID'd as "a soldier beetle of some kind"!

Thanks for the prompt reply - I'll research further.
… kestrel360, 21 April, 2009 - 1:46am login or register to post comments

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