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Unknown beetle - Oplosia nubila

Unknown beetle - Oplosia nubila
McClaughry Springs Forest Preserve, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 3, 2023
Size: 12 mm

Moved very tentatively... pls challenge; nice find, f confirmed
Moved from ID Request.

 
Yep!
Absolutely correct! This is an infrequent species - I haven't collected one in several decades. And if I remember correctly, all the ones I have were reared from dead, rotten - almost spongy - branches of basswood.

Lamiinae
Lamiinae

 
thanks
thanks

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