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I think this is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. Can anyone take this beetle to genus and species? - Chalcophora virginiensis
Copyright © 2016 Mike Turner

I think this is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. Can anyone take this beetle to genus and species? - Chalcophora virginiensis
Hoffman, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
September 7, 2016
Size: ~40mm
This beetle was on a species of grass (possibly eating pollen?) in the Sandhills of NC.

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I think this is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. Can anyone take this beetle to genus and species? - Chalcophora virginiensis I think this is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. Can anyone take this beetle to genus and species? - Chalcophora virginiensis
Contributed by Mike Turner on 17 September, 2016 - 8:57pm
Last updated 24 November, 2021 - 9:14pm

Moved
Moved from Chalcophora.
… Joshua P. Basham, 24 November, 2021 - 9:14pm

location data needs correction, text in wrong fields
reads "Hoffman, NC, Richmond County, NC County, North Carolina"
… v belov, 5 August, 2017 - 3:43pm

Moved, Chalcophora sp.
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 18 September, 2016 - 3:38pm

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