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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Actenodini » Actenodes
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Beetle - Actenodes
Copyright © 2013 Lisa Dolliver

Beetle - Actenodes
Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas, USA
June 2, 2013
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Contributed by Lisa Dolliver on 2 June, 2013 - 1:41pm
Last updated 5 June, 2013 - 12:32pm

Thanks!
I appreciate help!
… Lisa Dolliver, 5 June, 2013 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chrysobothris.

This could be A. davidi, but even with a better image I would want to see the specimen to be sure.
… Richard L. Westcott, 5 June, 2013 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

The photo is really dark but
The photo is really dark but I'm leaning toward the genus Actenodes.
… Joshua P. Basham, 3 June, 2013 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

humongous genus, challenging pic --but the bug looks special
hope there is hope.

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 June, 2013 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V!
I will keep my eye out for another and try to take a clearer shot.
… Lisa Dolliver, 2 June, 2013 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
good idea --thanks
the bup experts will chime in
… v belov, 2 June, 2013 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

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