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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) » Desmocerini » Elderberry Longhorn Beetles (Desmocerus) » Elderberry Borer (Desmocerus palliatus)
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is this familar to anyone? - Desmocerus palliatus
Copyright © 2009 stan4000

is this familar to anyone? - Desmocerus palliatus
st johns, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
September 1, 2009
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Contributed by stan4000 on 26 September, 2009 - 8:06pm
Last updated 26 September, 2009 - 10:33pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Cropped for a better, larger view of the insect. Only one other image for Newfoundland/Labrador, and that in July, so I'm moving this to the Guide.
… Abigail M. Parker, 26 September, 2009 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

looks like the Elderberry Borer Longhorn Beetle
Desmocerus palliatus, to me. I don't know if there are similar looking beetles, so it's probably best to wait for additional comments to be sure.
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… Andrew Williams, 26 September, 2009 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
No doubt this is Desmocerus palliatus, an Elder Borer.
… Roar, 26 September, 2009 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

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