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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Flat Bark Beetles (Cucujidae) » Cucujus » Cucujus puniceus
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Flat Red Beetle - Cucujus puniceus
Copyright © 2011 Harvey Schmidt

Flat Red Beetle - Cucujus puniceus
Creighton, Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada
May 28, 2011
Size: */- 10mm
This beetle was under the bark of a fallen dead poplar. It is pretty fast, really flat bodied and it looks like it has good chompers.

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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 28 May, 2011 - 9:27pm
Last updated 19 July, 2022 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Red Flat Bark Beetle.
… v belov, 19 July, 2022 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Cucujus puniceus
Distribution and reddish antennal segment one
… Tommy McElrath, 19 July, 2022 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 May, 2011 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Red Flat Bark Beetle?
Cucujus clavipes?
… Peter Hollinger, 28 May, 2011 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Resembles
the Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes):



There could be similar species, though, so wait for expert confirmation/correction.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 May, 2011 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
no similar species on this continent
in Eurasia, quite a few
… v belov, 28 May, 2011 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

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