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Red Flat Bark Beetle? - Cucujus clavipes
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Red Flat Bark Beetle? - Cucujus clavipes

Stow/Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: ~12mm
Under the bark on a large white-pine snag. The most notable feature was how flat this beetle was. I don't think I ever saw one of these before, but a quick search on BugGuide turned up Cucujus clavipes. I couldn't get any good shots of it, but I doubt it could be anything else.

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Red Flat Bark Beetle? - Cucujus clavipes Red Flat Bark Beetle? - Cucujus clavipes
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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 26 March, 2006 - 5:39pm
Last updated 25 February, 2018 - 7:49pm

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… Chuck Entz, 27 March, 2006 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

You got it, Peter!
I've found all mine under deciduous bark, but there's no mistaking this beetle.
… Jim McClarin, 26 March, 2006 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

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