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Orange and Black Beetle - Megalodacne heros
Copyright © 2016 Charles Wilder

Orange and Black Beetle - Megalodacne heros
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
June 27, 2006

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Contributed by Charles Wilder on 20 February, 2016 - 12:15pm
Last updated 23 February, 2016 - 4:28am

Moved
Moved from Megalodacne fasciata.
… Boris Büche, 23 February, 2016 - 4:28am

Moved tentatively to Megalodacne fasciata
I cannot make out the rows of punctures on the elytra (+ fasciata/- heros) but the width of the lateral pronotal margin looks more like fasciata.

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 20 February, 2016 - 1:36pm

Megalodacne fasciata
I'm pretty sure as I've had to have this one IDed for myself. I'll let someone else say for sure. M. heros looks incredibly similar.
… Christopher Garza, 20 February, 2016 - 1:20pm

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