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Buprestid - Taphrocerus nicolayi
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Buprestid - Taphrocerus nicolayi
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
September 1, 2010
Size: 3.5mm
Are those parasite eggs all over the back of the beetle?
Contributed by tom murray on 1 September, 2010 - 8:25pm
Last updated 28 June, 2014 - 5:11pm

Moved
Moved from Taphrocerus.
… tom murray, 21 December, 2011 - 8:27am

Taphrocerus nicolayi...
...based on examination of specimen. Not sure about the flecks on the back, although I don't think they are eggs.
… Ted C. MacRae, 21 December, 2011 - 12:33am

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