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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Agrilus macer
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Beetle? - Agrilus macer
Copyright © 2009 Tracy Palmer Villalobos

Beetle? - Agrilus macer
Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas, USA
May 29, 2009
Found in wooded area. This one looked like an okra mimic :)

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Contributed by Tracy Palmer Villalobos on 10 June, 2009 - 9:20am
Last updated 6 March, 2019 - 10:48am

Moved
Moved from Agrilus.
… Joshua P. Basham, 10 June, 2009 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Buprestid.
A metallic woodborer in the genus Agrilus. Nice image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 June, 2009 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
I was thinking Metallic Wood Borer but couldn't find this one in the guide. Glad you like the image, had to get down on the ground for this one ;)
… Tracy Palmer Villalobos, 10 June, 2009 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
Agrilus is a tough and very speciose genus...
...but i think yours is distinctive and has further ID potential. To my lay eye, A. macer in the guide is a good match
… v belov, 10 June, 2009 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V
Perfect match. Thanks Joshua for the move too!
… Tracy Palmer Villalobos, 10 June, 2009 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
credit goes to Joshua
he's a bup guy who calls the shots around here, i was simply messing with a tough group i know very little about
… v belov, 10 June, 2009 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Well...
Thanks Joshua! This is a very hard group to ID! And V, you are pretty good yourself, i've seen you ID many a beetle and bug for that matter!
… Tracy Palmer Villalobos, 10 June, 2009 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
You are very welcome, Tracy.
You are very welcome, Tracy. I think V gives me a lil more credit than I deserve. I just try to help out when I'm able.
… Joshua P. Basham, 10 June, 2009 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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