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Chrysobothris vulcanica
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Copyright © 2015
Steve McKechnie
Metalic Beetle -
Chrysobothris vulcanica
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 23, 2015
Size: 15.4 mm
Midday, this landed on the side of my garage.
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Steve McKechnie
on 24 June, 2015 - 2:44pm
Last updated 10 July, 2015 - 12:18pm
Thank you
If there is a next time, I'll send you a beetle.
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Steve McKechnie
, 11 July, 2015 - 12:39am
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Moved
Moved from
Chrysobothris
.
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Richard L. Westcott
, 10 July, 2015 - 12:18pm
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wow guys
another neat bug... thanks all
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v belov
, 10 July, 2015 - 12:46pm
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Moved tentatively
Moved from
Metallic Wood-boring Beetles
.
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v belov
, 24 June, 2015 - 4:17pm
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Possible
C. dentipes is the closest looking Bug Guide beetle to my eye on the
Coleo/Checklist
Genus CHRYSOBOTHRIS Eschscholtz
C. dentipes (Germar) - - NT BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB - - - -
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Steve McKechnie
, 24 June, 2015 - 10:41pm
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looks like a very good call to my civilian eye
although i must admit it's certainly close to what was recently ID'd as
Ch. trinervia
from your pics:
this one is much duller, with no black callosities, but otherwise the gestalt is a good fit
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v belov
, 9 July, 2015 - 4:36pm
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All that colour and the size caught my attention.
I've compared the two for the first time, your "civilian" eye is better then mine.
Ch. trinervia best fit, but to close for me to call.
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Steve McKechnie
, 9 July, 2015 - 6:59pm
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