Brown Beetle - Synchroa punctata

Large long brown beetle

Just want to confirm that my beetle is the same. How do I post picture here?

… mvidibor, 24 July, 2018 - 6:50pm

If you're sure about the species

click on the images tab, then add image tab and fill in the info on the page and submit your photo. Otherwise you can add the photo to the ID Request section.

… tom murray, 24 July, 2018 - 7:57pm

Identified by:

Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.

… tom murray, 26 August, 2007 - 2:42pm

Large beetle?

On 7/21/09 I went out side around 10:00 pm and the cats were playing w something. So I went and looked and saw this large bug. I then quickly grabbed a jar. I have been searching to find out what this bug is? I am in Milton-Freewater, OR right on the border of Washington. I have never seen a bug like this before, just small black beetles. Is this bug harmful? Does it live in the ground? Any info is greatly appreciated.

… JessicaW, 24 July, 2009 - 12:28pm

Large Beetle

If your beetle was about 2 inches long, it might have been something like this one. Beetles are harmless to people and pets. The worst it might do is give a pinch with it's jaws.

… tom murray, 24 July, 2009 - 6:43pm

Can you tell me if this beetle has wings?

I'm trying to identify a bug we found in our bedroom last night, and hoping it's not a cockroach. What we have has wings, does this beetle have wings or just a hard shell?

… lkarnecki, 3 February, 2011 - 8:56am

It has wings

The elytra (hard wings) are what you see, but it also has a normal pair of wings under that.

… tom murray, 3 February, 2011 - 9:34am

Hi Tom

You've reared a synchroid, another beetle whose larvae are plentiful but the adults of which are seldom seen -- unless you rear the larvae. The elongate shape and signature mustache are what to look for in this family.

… Jim McClarin, 23 May, 2006 - 5:42am

synchroid

Thanks Jim, it looks like a cockroack that's a beetle.

… tom murray, 23 May, 2006 - 6:34am

Formerly Alleculidae?

Were these beetles once classified in the "comb-clawed beetle" family Alleculidae (now itself part of Tenebrionidae)? I have a fair number of specimens in my collection, found mostly at lights at night.

… Eric R. Eaton, 23 May, 2006 - 3:34pm

No, Melan*dryidae,

at least according to American Beetles, but they were removed from that family in 1931.

Interesting about the lights. I've run my lights in wooded areas thick with synchroids and Allecu*lines and don't recall either showing up. (I made a quick check of Images. It would be just like me to say none ever came to my lights when I had 3 or 4 posted that were photographed on my moth sheet :-)

… Jim McClarin, 23 May, 2006 - 5:42pm

I can't make that claim about allecul*ines anymore.

I've now had more than a few come to lights.

… Jim McClarin, 26 August, 2007 - 5:45pm

Give it time

and lots of unusual things will show up at your lights. I've had butterflies and dragonflies show up at night.

… tom murray, 27 August, 2007 - 7:14am