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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris
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Coleoptera (Larva) - Chrysobothris
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Coleoptera (Larva) - Chrysobothris
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
December 7, 2008
Size: ~20-24mm
Found under bark of dead maple tree.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 11 December, 2008 - 12:35pm
Last updated 30 November, 2018 - 1:56pm

Moved
Moved from images that experts were unable to identify to species.
… Jason Hansen, 30 November, 2018 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae.
… Richard L. Westcott, 22 February, 2018 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood Boring Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 10 September, 2012 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Hello Scott, its possible to
Hello Scott, its possible to place it back and secure the bark in place. It still could mature to an adult and then we could place the adult with the larva.
… Joshua P. Basham, 12 December, 2008 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
I placed it carefully..
back where I found it after I took these pics. Hopefully, it is still munching away :^)
… Scott Justis, 12 December, 2008 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysobothris sp.
Most likely a Chrysobothris sp. using Burke's 1917 key to buprestid larvae of U.S. forests. You need a good shot of the ventral side to know for sure. The only other one it might key out as is Melanophila/Phaenops, but those genera typically don't bore into hardwoods, though there is one M. occidentalis that has been found in Quercus sp.
… Jason Hansen, 23 August, 2016 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Scott Justis, 11 December, 2008 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Buprestid grub
the enlarged broadened head is diagnostic
… Tim Loh, 11 December, 2008 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
...
… Scott Justis, 11 December, 2008 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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