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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Melanophilini » Melanophila » Melanophila notata
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Melanophila notata
Copyright © 2013 Tony DeSantis

Melanophila notata
Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
August 3, 2012
Can this be Melanophila notata?

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Melanophila notata Bruprestidae - Melanophila notata Bruprestidae - Melanophila notata
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Contributed by Tony DeSantis on 15 January, 2013 - 9:09pm
Last updated 23 January, 2013 - 2:35pm

Identification
Yes, it is the species you surmised. However, it is in the family Buprestidae. :-)
… Richard L. Westcott, 23 January, 2013 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
BURPestidae sounds like a natural development of the trend
thanks, Rick
… v belov, 23 January, 2013 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Genus associated with wildfire...
according to Eaton in other photograph. Wildfire spread to within 6 miles of collection point 12 months prior.
… Tony DeSantis, 15 January, 2013 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; awesome bug...
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 15 January, 2013 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
Fortunately I collected it as well.
… Tony DeSantis, 15 January, 2013 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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