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Beetle - Rhaxonycha carolina
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Beetle - Rhaxonycha carolina
Churchville Nature Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 15, 2005
Could this be a Lampyridae?
On winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 5 August, 2005 - 9:29pm
Last updated 9 February, 2019 - 9:27am

Moved
Moved from Atalantycha neglecta.
… Kyle Schnepp, 18 January, 2011 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved very tentatively...
Moved from Rhaxonycha.
… v belov, 22 March, 2010 - 5:05am login or register to post comments

 
In that case
I added another image in case that it helps. Either that or it will prolong your agony.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 March, 2010 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

 
thanks... don't you worry about my agony
it's the lack of any expert help that perpetuates it well past nauseam
… v belov, 22 March, 2010 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the help
They all look the same to me! I'm amazed you are able to tease out so much from photographs.
… Cotinis, 22 March, 2010 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

Agrees well
. . . with the majority of R.carolina images - ongoing debate is on their identity . . .

:-)
… Boris Büche, 10 April, 2007 - 4:37am login or register to post comments

Cantharid, possibly
Check out the Cantharid, Rhaxonycha carolinus.


Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 6 August, 2005 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

 
Oh, yes!
I was thinking of Lucidota, but the antennae are very different and also the head. Here we go again with that huge complex of black beetles with red around the head or pronotum area. It would be nice to know a little more about all that mimicry!
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2005 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

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