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Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Dicerca obscura
Copyright © 2012 Jon Rapp

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Dicerca obscura
Pinnacles, Boone County, Missouri, USA
April 2, 2012
Size: 15-20mm
Fly into me then played dead for awhile, then couldn't get him to stop moving. Sorry the images aren't any clearer. Located in rocky creek bottom. Could this be Dicerca obscura?

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Contributed by Jon Rapp on 3 April, 2012 - 10:27pm
Last updated 5 April, 2012 - 8:57pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Dicerca.
… Richard L. Westcott, 5 April, 2012 - 10:58am

obscura is sure a good call; hope the experts confirm
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 April, 2012 - 11:22pm

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