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Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Dicerca divaricata
Copyright © 2012 Yurika Alexander

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Dicerca divaricata
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
October 3, 2012
Size: 20mm?
Not great image... Found holding grass close to the ground next to barn.
It appeared to be feeding grass...?
One of Dicerca?

[Edit] First image from New Jersey.
Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 3 October, 2012 - 2:24pm
Last updated 5 October, 2012 - 11:18pm

Moved
Moved from Dicerca.
… Joshua P. Basham, 3 October, 2012 - 3:06pm

may well be the old divaricata, but let's leave it to bup guys
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… v belov, 3 October, 2012 - 2:28pm

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