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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Pygoleptura » Pygoleptura nigrella
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Lepturini - Pygoleptura nigrella
Copyright © 2010 Andrew McKorney

Lepturini - Pygoleptura nigrella
Rainier forest near Crystal Mountain, Pierce County, Washington, USA
August 19, 2009
Size: 20 mm
Found just one of this longhorn feeding on compositae flowers.
It reminds me Leptura anthracinus (female) but I'm not quite sure.

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Contributed by Andrew McKorney on 3 April, 2010 - 10:08pm
Last updated 3 April, 2010 - 11:33pm

Moved tentatively; i grew quite confident about this call
will have it checked

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

must be very cautious with those all-black ones from the NW...
could you pls add add closeups of the [i] head (showing the temporal area & the neck) and [ii] pronotum (to show the outline sharply from above)? don't want to mess up this one, you know...
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

 
New picture
Please see the new one.
… Andrew McKorney, 3 April, 2010 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

 
my best bet at this point is Pygoleptura nigrella nigrella (Say)
check photo 2710-left [scroll down] here
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
Yes, I agree. They look the same.
Thanks for your great job!
… Andrew McKorney, 3 April, 2010 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

 
that was fun -- which i owe to you & Larry Bezark
learning tons of stuff on BG every day...
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Great job!
I love the BG and have exactly the same feeling about this "Teacher"!
… Andrew McKorney, 4 April, 2010 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

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