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Patent leather beetle? - Prionus imbricornis
Copyright © 2005 Clifford

Patent leather beetle? - Prionus imbricornis
Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
August 8, 2005
Size: 2 inches long
This enormous beetle was resting on the carport wall late at night, and barely moved even when I prodded him in an attempt to get a better face shot. It doesn't appear to have the strong ridges of a patent leather beetle, though.

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Patent leather beetle? - Prionus imbricornis Patent leather beetle? - Prionus imbricornis
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Contributed by Clifford on 9 August, 2005 - 7:27am
Last updated 17 August, 2005 - 8:33am

Tile-horned Prionus
I don't think patent-leather beetles have such long and elaborate antennae. This is more likely a Tile-horned Prionus in the longhorned beetle family. See the Guide page here. Nice pictures!
… Joe Schuller, 9 August, 2005 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Joe
Thanks, Joe -- your id looks right to me. The guide also says these big critters like porchlights, and I got no such suggestion about patent leather beetles.
… Clifford, 9 August, 2005 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

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