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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) » Prioninae » Macrotomini » Basitoxina » Archodontes » Live-oak Root Borer (Archodontes melanopus)
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Unknow beetle - Archodontes melanopus
Copyright © 2010 Jennifer

Unknow beetle - Archodontes melanopus
Seminole State Forest (Central Florida, south of Ocala), Seminole County, Florida, USA
June 22, 2010
Size: ~2"
This guy was found beside a trail in a sandy area of Seminole State Forest, around 3:00pm on a hike.
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Contributed by Jennifer on 22 June, 2010 - 4:14pm
Last updated 28 June, 2010 - 6:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 28 June, 2010 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Archodontes
A. m. melanopus (Linnaeus)
… Michael C. Thomas, 22 June, 2010 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
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… roar, 22 June, 2010 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

looks like a Wood Boring Longhorn, Subfamily Prioninae
of some kind. To me at any rate. I don't know beyond that.
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… Andrew Williams, 22 June, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It matches a lot of the ones in the search when I looked up the names you guys suggested.

Thanks for the warm welcomes and prompt replies!
… Jennifer, 22 June, 2010 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

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