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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Xyloperthini » Xylobiops » Red-shouldered Bostrichid (Xylobiops basilaris)
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Please confirm ID: Xylobiops basilaris - Xylobiops basilaris
Copyright © 2011 stan gilliam

Please confirm ID: Xylobiops basilaris - Xylobiops basilaris
Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
May 10, 2011
Size: ~1 cm
Came to porch light.
Looks like images and matches description of X. basilaris on BG, except the antennae look reddish instead of yellowish to me.

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Please confirm ID: Xylobiops basilaris - Xylobiops basilaris Please confirm ID: Xylobiops basilaris - Xylobiops basilaris
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Contributed by stan gilliam on 25 May, 2011 - 7:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 May, 2011 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to V. and Brad
I'm becoming more interested now in the insects in the
1/4 to 3/8 inch range.
I'm shooting with a 90 mm lens, hand held, on my bug sheet under
the porch light, so they are a challenge. But I'm getting better at it. It's good to know someone else is interested! It also feels good to occasionally enter a new "data point" on BG.
… stan gilliam, 7 June, 2011 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

as it comes to beetle identification...
...it helps being color-blind: color provides way too little diagnostic value but way too much distraction to our senses
… v belov, 25 May, 2011 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Yes
X. basilaris.
… Brad Barnd, 25 May, 2011 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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