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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Hippomelanina » Hippomelas » Hippomelas sphenicus
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mating Bups? - Hippomelas sphenicus - male - female
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

mating Bups? - Hippomelas sphenicus - Male Female
Catalina St. Park, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 12, 2006
One of these is the critter I just posted. Wish this had come out a little sharper. ID?
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 14 October, 2006 - 11:00am
Last updated 14 October, 2006 - 1:52pm

Hippomelas sphenicus (LeConte)
This is actually Hippomelas sphenicus (LeConte). There you go again Bob, posting some good buprestid pics.
… Joshua P. Basham, 15 October, 2006 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Joshua and William - got lucky with bups this year - hope it continues for awhile.
… Bob Beatson, 15 October, 2006 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I hope it continues as well,
I hope it continues as well, we don't see bups from the southwest often, so its nice to see your pics.
… Joshua P. Basham, 15 October, 2006 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

this is hippomelas sphenica
this is hippomelas sphenica
… William Ericson, 14 October, 2006 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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