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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Dicercina » Dicerca » Flatheaded Hardwood Borer (Dicerca divaricata)
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buprestidae~ ? species - Dicerca divaricata
Copyright © 2016 ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER

buprestidae~ ? species - Dicerca divaricata
west alexander, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 23, 2016
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Contributed by ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER on 25 May, 2016 - 9:08pm
Last updated 16 June, 2016 - 8:17am

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 16 June, 2016 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

I'm leaning towards
Dicerca divaricata because of the pointy tip on the bottom elytra, but D. lurida looks similar
… Pleocoma, 26 May, 2016 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review to Buprestidae
...had the same two thoughts Steve did below

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 May, 2016 - 4:46am login or register to post comments

looks like Dicerca or Poecilonota
I would guess the former but that's just a guess
… Steve Scholnick, 25 May, 2016 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
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thanks! trying to look through images but it's SO slow lol
… ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER, 25 May, 2016 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
it gets faster
as you recognize more genera. Alternatively, take a look at the Evans book on eastern beetles. It's excellent
… Steve Scholnick, 25 May, 2016 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
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ok great, thanks
… ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER, 25 May, 2016 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

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