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Ceruchus piceus
Photo#37684
Copyright © 2005
Jim McClarin
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Ceruchus piceus
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Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
November 10, 2003
Size: 15 mm or so
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 20 November, 2005 - 12:08pm
Last updated 5 February, 2011 - 5:55pm
Lucanidae
Despite the meager fauna in New Hampshire, I don't know them. Maybe a female Dorcus parallelus?
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Donald S. Chandler
, 20 November, 2005 - 7:09pm
If so, it's a female.
I saw the long basal antennomere but I didn't think antenna was genticulate enough for Lucanidae. I'll follow that lead though.
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Jim McClarin
, 20 November, 2005 - 7:20pm
Ceruchus piceus female
Upon consultation with the collection, based on size and appearance, I would go with Ceruchus piceus female.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 21 November, 2005 - 7:12am
I didn't even compare!
I've taken loads of photos of C. piceus and I've seen an easy thousand of them, maybe thousands. They're very common in my neck of the woods. What on earth made me so sure this beetle was something else? Maybe there's a future for me in studying bats because sometimes I seem downright__________________________. (Fill in the blank.)
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Jim McClarin
, 21 November, 2005 - 5:35pm