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pale-striped beetle - Pidonia vibex
Copyright © 2024 Robin McLeod

pale-striped beetle - Pidonia vibex
London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
May 29, 2011
on wild geranium
thought it might be a flower longhorn but couldn't find a good match
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 August, 2024 - 8:00pm
Last updated 10 August, 2024 - 9:22pm

Moved
Moved from Pidonia.
… Robin McLeod, 10 August, 2024 - 9:22pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Compare with Pidonia vibex.
… Jeff Brown, 10 August, 2024 - 8:05pm

 
Thanks, Jeff.
The image had been sitting unidentified on my hard drive for 13 years. I haven't seen one like it before or since.
Here's a P. vibex on the same wildflower species as mine in Michigan, which is "just next door":

The only other Pidonia species in Ontario is ruficollis, and it doesn't look like this one.
… Robin McLeod, 10 August, 2024 - 9:15pm

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