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Silver Buprestid - Taphrocerus

Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
October 6, 2014
Size: 1 mm

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Silver Buprestid - Taphrocerus

Silver Buprestid - Taphrocerus

Contributed by Isa Betancourt on 2 January, 2015 - 8:59pm
Last updated 3 January, 2015 - 1:18pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 3 January, 2015 - 1:18pm

Chalcophora?

My first guess would be something within Chalcophora.

… Jeff Holland, 3 January, 2015 - 8:03am

Chalcophora is just about 30 times as long as this bug, for one

this has to be a Taphrocerus

… v belov, 3 January, 2015 - 1:03pm

Thanks for the ID! However...

Is it a species not represented in bugguide yet? It really was extremely silver. It wasn't just the lighting of the photograph that makes it look silver. Browsing through the other photographs of Taphrocerus... they are all very dark in coloration. None silver like this one.

… Isa Betancourt, 30 July, 2015 - 8:54am

a matter of lighting

this one is perfectly black, just like the others

… v belov, 30 July, 2015 - 9:29am

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