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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Lymexyloidea » Lymexylidae » Melittomma » Chestnut Timberworm (Melittomma sericeum)
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Beetle - Melittomma sericeum
Copyright © 2019 Miles Buddy

Beetle - Melittomma sericeum
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
July 21, 2019
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Contributed by Miles Buddy on 23 July, 2019 - 10:36pm
Last updated 5 January, 2021 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Lymexylidae.
… v belov, 5 January, 2021 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Lymexylidae for expert confirmation.
Moved from Beetles.

The suggested id looks good but I've left it for an expert to move it to a species.
… Ken Allison, 21 August, 2019 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Chestnut Timberworm (Melittomma sericeum)
I think this is a female Chestnut Timberworm (Melittomma sericeum). Good beetle!
… Frank Guarnieri, 24 July, 2019 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

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