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Strange looking cricket or beetle? - Neoclytus mucronatus
Copyright © 2006 Donna G

Strange looking cricket or beetle? - Neoclytus mucronatus
Howard County, Arkansas, USA
August 12, 2006
Size: body 5/8"
My kids are doing an entomology collection for 4-H. One of them found this strange insect in our backyard in southwest Arkansas on a hot afternoon on Aug. 12,2006. We have know idea what it is. It hops and flies like a grasshopper. At first we thought it was some kind of cricket due to the way it's back legs looked. But, it has a harder protective covering over the wings like a beetle.

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Contributed by Donna G on 26 August, 2006 - 1:51am
Last updated 19 December, 2007 - 1:41pm

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… Jim McClarin, 26 August, 2006 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

Neoclytus mucronatus, a longhorned beetle
The larvae of this species live under the bark of hickory trees. The markings as well as the strong spines at the tips of the wingcovers (elytra) and the femurs are diagnostic for this species.

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