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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Trigonarthris » Trigonarthris proxima
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Flower Longhorned Beetle - Trigonarthris proxima
Copyright © 2012 Jon Rapp

Flower Longhorned Beetle - Trigonarthris proxima
Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
May 30, 2012
Size: 1"
Found on leaf in shaded woods along stream during the day in the Smokies. Could this be the Flower Longhorn Beetle - Trigonarthris minnesotana?

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Contributed by Jon Rapp on 24 July, 2012 - 9:16pm
Last updated 6 August, 2012 - 2:39pm

Moved tentatively; lateral view helped a lot!
will seek confirmation. great job photographing it.
the indicated size is quite an overestimate, though

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… v belov, 5 August, 2012 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by Doug Yanega
[very nice to have a reliably ID'd series of this species -- thanks, Jon!]
… v belov, 15 August, 2012 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks v belov!
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… Jon Rapp, 6 August, 2012 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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