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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Dicercina » Dicerca » Flatheaded Hardwood Borer (Dicerca divaricata)
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brass colored bug - Dicerca divaricata
Copyright © 2009 jessy

brass colored bug - Dicerca divaricata
Strathroy, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
October 17, 2009
Size: 1.5cm
I've never seen a bug like this before so I don't think it's from around here(S.W. Ontario) It has a brassy look to it, and it's tail end is shaped like a fountain pen tip. I didn't see it fly but I'm sure it can, because when it fell a bit, it's cover wings opened though it was too quick to see well underneath.
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Contributed by jessy on 24 October, 2009 - 10:01am
Last updated 25 October, 2009 - 11:02am

Moved
Moved from Dicerca.
… Joshua P. Basham, 25 October, 2009 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 25 October, 2009 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

Beetle
It is a beetle, probably one of the wood-boring beetles in family Buprestidae. This is a typical look for the family. Compare


These are found all over the forested parts of North America. Their habits are more reclusive than, for example, yellowjackets and blow flies.
… John F. Carr, 24 October, 2009 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
John's absolutely right, this is a Dicerca --
...a common buprestid ['meatllic wood borer'] in your area
… v belov, 24 October, 2009 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

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