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Cedar Beetle - Sandalus niger - female
Copyright © 2012 Kelly Fiegle

Cedar Beetle - Sandalus niger - Female
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA
September 25, 2012
Found this beauty sitting all alone on our cedar fence under a Silver Maple. A Cedar Beetle on a cedar fence - how appropriate!

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Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 29 September, 2012 - 3:54am
Last updated 28 December, 2012 - 2:13am

S. petrophyta?
The lightly colored tarsal pads are apparently diagnostic for S. petrophyta. See the comment here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/320623

EDIT: I checked in Horn's key, and the thoracic shape is wrong for S. petrophyta (which has a distinct angle in the posterior third, versus completely straight in S. niger, as it is with this specimen)
… Joe R., 11 February, 2018 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

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