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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) » Prioninae » Prionini » Orthosoma » Brown Prionid (Orthosoma brunneum)
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Cerambycidae, Brown Prionids - Orthosoma brunneum
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Cerambycidae, Brown Prionids - Orthosoma brunneum
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 9, 2018
Live BL trap at the edge of woods for a friend who's (always!) looking for cerambycids.
Is the size differences just individual variation? Or maybe that can't be determined.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 26 January, 2019 - 8:40am
Last updated 12 January, 2020 - 5:42pm

size variation in cerambycids is not uncommon
… Blaine Mathison, 27 January, 2019 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
They are harder to ID, even with BG and books, than I thought they would be. I like in-my-face distinctive: shapes, patterns, and colors.
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