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Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Hippomelas planicauda
Copyright © 2013 Alice Abela

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Hippomelas planicauda
Florida Canyon, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 25, 2013
Size: ~2cm
Found on mesquite; thinking Gyascutus sp.?
Contributed by Alice Abela on 11 August, 2013 - 8:02pm
Last updated 23 August, 2013 - 2:34pm

Moved
Moved from Hippomelas.
… Richard L. Westcott, 23 August, 2013 - 2:34pm

Moved
Moved from Gyascutus.
… margarethe brummermann, 16 August, 2013 - 6:54pm

Same individual as
… Alice Abela, 13 August, 2013 - 12:48pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 August, 2013 - 8:08pm

 
ID
I may have messed up on my ID, could this be Hippomelas planicauda instead?
… Alice Abela, 11 August, 2013 - 9:39pm

 
Rick Westcott will set us straight
:]
… v belov, 13 August, 2013 - 3:45pm

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