Soldier Beetle? - Brachysomida bivittata

Oops!

I forgot some of long-horned beetles look like leaf beetles. ^^

… WonGun Kim, 21 April, 2009 - 1:00pm

Moved

… v belov, 21 April, 2009 - 10:00am

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

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

Guarotes

G. thoracica, a rare species.

… Michael C. Thomas, 21 April, 2009 - 7:41am

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

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

It's a leaf beetle.

Someone would help with ID. ^^

… WonGun Kim, 21 April, 2009 - 1:38am

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