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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 » Black Fire Beetle (Melanophila acuminata)
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Black Beetle - Melanophila acuminata
Copyright © 2013 Matt Goff

Black Beetle - Melanophila acuminata
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
August 2, 2013
My daughter caught this and brought it to me after she noticed it land on the street near our house. 5 mm squares.
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Contributed by Matt Goff on 5 August, 2013 - 1:30am
Last updated 17 January, 2016 - 5:22pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Richard L. Westcott, 5 August, 2013 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Buprestidae
Metallic wood boring beetle.
… Joe, 5 August, 2013 - 1:58am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks -
looks like there has only been a couple of beetles in this family reported from my region so far. One of them looks like a possible match - Melanophila acuminata
… Matt Goff, 5 August, 2013 - 2:10am login or register to post comments

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