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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 » Clytini » Clytus » Clytus ruricola
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Beetle - Clytus ruricola
Copyright © 2007 Vincent J Hickey

Beetle - Clytus ruricola
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
June 21, 2007
Size: ~20mm
On my back porch; photo'd and released; a new one for me; ID as a leaf beetle. Clytus ruricola, a long hirned beetle in a wasp suit

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Contributed by Vincent J Hickey on 21 June, 2007 - 2:43pm

Nice find
but it's an impersonator - a beetle playing wasp. Fooled you, huh!
… Ron Hemberger, 21 June, 2007 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, we would say
Clytus ruricola, images in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2007 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

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