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longhorned beetle - Tragidion coquus
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

longhorned beetle - Tragidion coquus
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
October 5, 2006
Size: ~30mm
Contributed by edward trammel on 5 October, 2006 - 5:26pm
Last updated 7 January, 2010 - 7:52pm

Moved
Moved from Tragidion.
… edward trammel, 6 January, 2008 - 9:08pm

This is...
...Tragidion coquus - some individuals have black elytra with small orange subhumeral spots, others have the elytra all orange.
… Ted C. MacRae, 4 January, 2008 - 4:52pm

 
T. coquus
thank you for the ID Ted. this one was a wonderful mimic... i got excited thinking it was a Pepsis for just a moment when i first found it.
… edward trammel, 6 January, 2008 - 9:08pm

looks like Tragidion armatum
I'll guess it is some subspecies of T. armatum, there are other spp. though. We have T. coquus in the guide.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 6 October, 2006 - 1:14am

 
Tragidion
it looks much like T. armatum, but i am afraid i do not know the first thing about identifying beetles, would any other pictures help, and where would be a safe place to move this one?
… edward trammel, 6 October, 2006 - 4:18pm

 
Safe to move
to Tragidion. I've got literature at home to ID to sp., but I'm way out of town right now.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 7 October, 2006 - 9:37am

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