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Acanthocinus obsoletus - female

Acanthocinus obsoletus - Female
7 km east of Paw Paw, 39.5224, -78.3641, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA
June 23, 2000
Size: 13 mm
At night on trunk of newly fallen Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) tree. Size excludes the ovipositor.

Found with three "hitch hikers" . Other species seen on the same tree included Xylotrechus sagittatus, Monochamus scutellatus, Monochamus titillator, Buprestis lineata, and Boros unicolor (Boridae).