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Unknown beetle - Neandra brunnea
Copyright © 2014 jmcrabb

Unknown beetle - Neandra brunnea
Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA
July 27, 2014
Size: roughly 1/2"
Found after cutting a tree trunk in half. Tunnels with larvae also present. Type of tree unknown - base of a grafted willow.

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Unknown beetle - Neandra brunnea Unknown beetle - Neandra brunnea
Contributed by jmcrabb on 28 July, 2014 - 12:04pm
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 5:09pm

Thanks!
Thanks, I appreciate the help!
… jmcrabb, 28 July, 2014 - 2:52pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 28 July, 2014 - 2:50pm

Not sure,
but try to compare to Neandra brunnea, a cerambycid (Long-horned Beetle) with short horns. :) Nice find.
Welcome to BG!
… Iustin Cret, 28 July, 2014 - 12:57pm

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