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Small Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Brachys ovatus
Copyright © 2018 Preston Chappell

Small Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Brachys ovatus
Peachtree Corners, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
July 24, 2018
Size: ~ 6 mm
resembles (Brachys ovatus) (?)

observed on Pilewort (aka Fireweed) in a small clearing surrounded by mostly White Oaks and a few Hickories

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Small Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Brachys ovatus Small Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Brachys ovatus
Contributed by Preston Chappell on 26 July, 2018 - 7:11am
Last updated 14 December, 2019 - 4:06pm

Moved
Moved from Brachys.
… Joshua P. Basham, 14 December, 2019 - 4:06pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Preston Chappell, 20 August, 2018 - 1:37pm

Brachys sp.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 July, 2018 - 6:40pm

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