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Arrowhead Borer (Xylotrechus sagittatus)
Photo#64046
Copyright © 2006
Sean McCann
Longhorn with pseudoscorpions -
Xylotrechus sagittatus
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
July 14, 2006
Found at a light and brought in for some shots.
Detail of the hitchikers:
Contributed by
Sean McCann
on 15 July, 2006 - 7:07am
Last updated 15 July, 2006 - 1:34pm
I just noticed
that there's some other arthropodian life form hanging off the abomen near its terminus and yet another pseudoscorpion clinging to the left mesotibia.
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Jim McClarin
, 17 August, 2007 - 7:50pm
I missed seeing this earlier.
Great content, Sean!
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Jim McClarin
, 23 September, 2006 - 6:41pm
How about Neoclytus cordifer
How about
Neoclytus cordifer
?
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Nicolas Gompel
, 15 July, 2006 - 10:02am
I am not sure. Perhaps Xylot
I am not sure. Perhaps
Xylotrechus sagittatus sagittatus
is closer. What do you think?
http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Coleoptera/Mike/FloridaCerambycids/Xylotrechus_sagittatus.htm
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Sean McCann
, 15 July, 2006 - 10:47am
X. sagittatus
This looks like S. sagittatus to me--see images on
guide page
.
Fascinating photos. Those pseudoscorpions are so large just to be hitching a ride.
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Cotinis
, 15 July, 2006 - 1:27pm
...
Thanks! I thought the pattern a bit subdued for the
Neoclytus
.
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Sean McCann
, 15 July, 2006 - 1:30pm
man your shots
are CRISP
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Omar Fahmy
, 15 July, 2006 - 8:49am
...
Thanks! That of course is a "studio shot" (meaning on my table).
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Sean McCann
, 15 July, 2006 - 10:47am