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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Agrilus cyanescens
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Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Agrilus cyanescens
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Agrilus cyanescens
Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill (N43º52'19.3"W079º23'59.0"elev.179m), York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 12, 2008
Size: 6.5 mm
Agrilus sp, swept from Fraxinus (or a similar-looking tree).
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 19 June, 2008 - 11:27am
Last updated 16 September, 2008 - 1:59pm

Moved
Moved from Agrilus.
… Joshua P. Basham, 16 September, 2008 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps...
...I'll let it stick around for a while. If it's what you suspect this to be, that would make a new species for the guide. Except I can't take any further shots for confirmation, since the insect got eaten by fungus! I think the forest canopy is dominated by maple anyway (though I haven't bothered to keep staring upwards).
Thanks for the compliment also.
… Stephen Luk, 26 June, 2008 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

Hmm...
Are you sure you want to frass it? It's really a nice photo, and maybe someone will recognize it. Your choice.
… Ted C. MacRae, 26 June, 2008 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Thanks..
Agrilus is difficult ... I'm not sure if the plant host is correct (vs. incidentally rested upon), and I don't have the specimen anymore, either. Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Stephen Luk, 26 June, 2008 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

Sorry...
...I can't ID this one beyond genus. It looks like A. putillus, but that species rarely exceeds 5mm in length and is associated with maple.
… Ted C. MacRae, 25 June, 2008 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

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