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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Callidiini » Phymatodes » Tanbark Borer (Phymatodes testaceus)
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bug - Phymatodes testaceus
Copyright © 2007 elohssa

bug - Phymatodes testaceus
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
May 14, 2007
Size: 1/2" body
I have been finding these in my house this spring. A few of them have been found dead in standing water. I have seen a few that are about an inch long.
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Contributed by elohssa on 14 May, 2007 - 9:07am
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 8:58pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorned Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 25 May, 2007 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

Phymatodes testaceus
They tend to emerge from oak firewood brought indoors
… Ted C. MacRae, 25 May, 2007 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

in house?
so likely to be this one:
… Boris Büche, 14 May, 2007 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a beetle
and with those fat legs and long antennae, maybe one of the long-horned beetles in the Cerambycidae. Check in the guide under that family and see if you see anything close.
… john and jane balaban, 14 May, 2007 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Definitely Cerambycidae, probably genus Phymatodes. This might be a species new to the guide.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2007 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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