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black and orange longhorned beetle - Tragidion coquus
Copyright © 2005 Scott Taylor

black and orange longhorned beetle - Tragidion coquus
Larimer County, Colorado, USA
August 18, 2005
Size: 1" body, 1.7" antennae

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black and orange longhorned beetle - Tragidion coquus black and orange longhorned beetle - Tragidion coquus
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Contributed by Scott Taylor on 21 August, 2005 - 11:06pm
Last updated 25 August, 2005 - 11:41am

Tragidion coquus
This looks to me like a female Tragidion coquus, the very rounded pronotum and elytral striations / color are diagnostic
… Guy A. Hanley, 22 August, 2005 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Mimic.
I understand that this genus, Tragidion, are mimics of tarantula hawk wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 August, 2005 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

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