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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 » Prionini » Prionus » subgenus Neopolyarthron (Prionus subgenus Neopolyarthron) » Tile-horned Prionus (Prionus imbricornis)
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Elateropsis scabrosus? - Prionus imbricornis
Copyright © 2010 Dorothy E. Pugh

Elateropsis scabrosus? - Prionus imbricornis
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 27, 2010
Size: over 2 inches long
Discovered beetle on its back moving its legs wildly. When I righted it, it moved very rapidly. We have had abnormally hot weather for several weeks.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 27 June, 2010 - 10:39am
Last updated 19 October, 2011 - 6:57pm

Moved
Moved from Broad-necked Root Borer.
… v belov, 19 October, 2011 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 27 June, 2010 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Prionus laticollis [E. sc. is restricted to s.FL & looks diff]
… v belov, 27 June, 2010 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
This is a good match.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 27 June, 2010 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
compare
… v belov, 27 June, 2010 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Elateropsis?
Then there is a mistaken ID for that species in BugGuide: only one picture. It doesn't look at all like that beetle.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 27 June, 2010 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

 
oh... i'll check
the beetle is kinda unique
… v belov, 27 June, 2010 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
no, BG's ID is fine and expert-checked
the photo's crappy, but shows enough do dispel any doubt
… v belov, 27 June, 2010 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Prionus, but....
This is certainly *not* P. laticollis, but it is also not something I am familiar with.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 June, 2010 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
Eric is right. definitely not laticolis. Elytra are too smooth and chestnut brown as opposed to black with fine reticulations. But the clincher is too many antennal segments. This is a female Prionus imbricornis.
… Frank Guarnieri, 19 October, 2011 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for setting me straight, Frank
i must abstain from messing with big ones...
… v belov, 19 October, 2011 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, everyone!
Glad you pinned down this strange beetle (no pun intended)!
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 19 October, 2011 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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