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Buprestid Beetle - Dicerca juncea
Copyright © 2009 Loren & Babs Padelford

Buprestid Beetle - Dicerca juncea
Okefenokee NWR, Charlton County, Georgia, USA
May 3, 2009
Size: approximately 1/2"
This beetle landed on Loren's shirt as we walked the boardwalk in the swamp. We think it might be Dicerca sp. Any help with ID appreciated. Thanks,

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 12 May, 2009 - 2:16pm
Last updated 29 March, 2013 - 12:10pm

Moved
Moved from Dicerca.
… Richard L. Westcott, 29 March, 2013 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Either...
...Dicerca obscura or D. lurida - the pronotal shape suggests the former, but it has the "gestalt" of the latter.
… Ted C. MacRae, 22 June, 2012 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Dicerca
I'd agree with that, but couldn't help with a species
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 May, 2009 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Will,
We appreciate your help!

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 12 May, 2009 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

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