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Black cetonid - Osmoderma eremicola
Copyright © 2004 Robyn Judith Waayers

Black cetonid - Osmoderma eremicola
Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
May 31, 2004
Size: 22 mm
This beetle came to a bright street light at a B and B we stayed at. It is 2.5 cm long and has a very shiny, metallic black appearance. It looks like it is carved out of hematite!
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Contributed by Robyn Judith Waayers on 31 December, 2004 - 3:38pm
Last updated 13 January, 2010 - 6:05pm

Osmoderma likely
Neato. Osmoderma eremicola or a close relative looks good, see Insects of Cedar Creek and Insects of Quebec, latter gives length as 27 mm. Common name "Hermit Flower Beetle" is used sometimes. I see reference to an O. scabra as well. Insects of Quebec gives length as 22 mm. Looks like the elytra of the two have a different pattern, bumpy and punctured in O. scabra, rather smooth in O. eremicola. I can't quite tell from photos on the web--yours is better than those at Insects of Cedar Creek or Insects of Quebec. Troy or Eric Eaton can probably clarify. (I'm pretty sure I'm in the right genus, but I've no experience with this critter.)

Neat find.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 31 December, 2004 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Osmoderma eremicola
Sure, thats it - only the two spp. in the eastern US. This is common throughtout the NE and midwest gradually displaced by Dynastes tityus along the coast and in the south - shares the same habitat. In SC, its pretty much limited to the mountains (1).

Phil Harpootlian
Simpsonville SC
… Phillip Harpootlian, 18 January, 2005 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Beetle ID
Thanks! That helps tremendously.
… Robyn Judith Waayers, 31 December, 2004 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

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