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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Unidentified Larvae
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Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
February 26, 2007
Size: 2-3 inches
This bug and several others were discovered when digging a hole where an old dead tree was cut down and the stump was ground.
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Contributed by kimiark on 26 February, 2007 - 3:14pm
Last updated 14 December, 2007 - 10:49pm

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 14 December, 2007 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 25 May, 2007 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

A "whole" what?
I'm sorry, I know you meant "hole." These are larvae of a metallic wood borer, family Buprestidae. Please see the guide pages for images of adults. The larvae are known as "flatheaded borers" for the compressed thoracic area, the better to squeeze between the bark and the wood of a dead or dying tree (though some species do attack live trees).
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 February, 2007 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Eric...for the inf
Thank you, Eric...for the info and the spell check.

Kim
… kimiark, 26 February, 2007 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Larvae
Larvae of metallic wood-borers, family Buprestidae.
… Brad Barnd, 26 February, 2007 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Brad, thank you also. Kim
Brad, thank you also.

Kim
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