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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Ptosima » Texas Redbud Borer (Ptosima laeta)
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black and orange beetle - Ptosima laeta
Copyright © 2008 Gacko

black and orange beetle - Ptosima laeta
DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 11, 2008
Is there an orange version of a Redbud Borer or is this something else entirely?

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black and orange beetle - Ptosima laeta black and orange beetle - Ptosima laeta
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Contributed by Gacko on 12 April, 2008 - 11:24pm
Last updated 10 April, 2012 - 5:59am

Moved
Moved from Redbud Borer.
… Mike Quinn, 10 April, 2012 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

Yes...
...Ptosima gibbicollis. There are a couple other species with more orangish markings than the more widespread and typically yellow-marked RBB, but the pattern in the photo does not match those other species.
… Ted C. MacRae, 13 April, 2008 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to both of you.
It was either on a Redbud when I picked it off or was on a small oak next to one--at any rate, there WAS a Redbud in the immediate vicinity.
… Gacko, 14 April, 2008 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

 
Ptosima gibbicollis
Yes, I agree with Ted.
… Joshua P. Basham, 4 May, 2009 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

RBB
I believe it is a Redbud Borer. At the very least it's a member of the Ptosima genus... Mike
… Mike Quinn, 13 April, 2008 - 6:08am login or register to post comments

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