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unknown small beetle - Hylastes
Copyright © 2010 Gary McDonald

unknown small beetle - Hylastes
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
August 11, 2010
Size: ~15mm total length.
Found this guy on the stump of a Monterey Pine which we had cut down a couple of months ago. (live oak/chaparral habitat)

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unknown small beetle - Hylastes unknown small beetle - Hylastes
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 12 August, 2010 - 2:00pm
Last updated 14 September, 2010 - 2:04pm

15mm?? that seems a bit large
15mm?? that seems a bit large.
… J. Anderson, 17 November, 2010 - 2:17pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 September, 2010 - 2:04pm

looks like a Hylastes
… v belov, 12 August, 2010 - 7:33pm

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