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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Chauliognathinae » Chauliognathini » Chauliognathus » Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus)
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Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Copyright © 2009 Marcia A. Sessions

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
August 15, 2009
Size: 1/2"
I checked The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders. I'm tentatively giving it an ID of Pennsylvania Leather-wing? It was consuming the center of a Black-eyed Susan.

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Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus GOLDENROD SOLDIER BEETLE (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
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Contributed by Marcia A. Sessions on 16 August, 2009 - 2:47am
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 11:55pm

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Hi Marcia, yes it is Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
… Maury J. Heiman, 16 August, 2009 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
yes it is Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Thank you Maury!

Wow! I was able to ID it: my skills are coming along. I really enjoy BugGuide.Net. I see also that a common name for this insect is "Goldenrod Soldier Beetle". Is it referred more (when using the common name) to the above, or as a "Pennsylvania Leather-wing" which was the only common name in the Audubon Field Guide I used? I like to title my photos by the common name an insect is usually known as. Of course, the Latin name is specific.

Many thanks,
Marica
… Marcia A. Sessions, 16 August, 2009 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

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