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Pinhole bark borer - Oxoplatypus quadridentatus
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Pinhole bark borer - Oxoplatypus quadridentatus
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 17, 2009
Size: ~ 4.5 mm
Found under the bark of a rotting tree. Please help with ID.

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 18 May, 2009 - 4:54pm
Last updated 6 July, 2016 - 8:33am

Moved
Moved from Pinhole Bark Borers.
… Thomas H. Atkinson, 13 July, 2010 - 9:24am

Possibly Platypus lewisi Blandford, 1894
that may be introduced recently.
… WonGun Kim, 6 January, 2010 - 6:45am

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