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Brown Prionid

Orthosoma brunneum

Description:

Large, reddish-brown beetle with large dark eyes. Yellowish hairs along underside of elytra, feet and a couple of other areas. Small spines on sides of protonum.

Habitat:

Suburban yard. Attracted to my lights during Moth Week 2013.

Notes:

One of the largest beetles I have seen.

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2 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

15jlytikainen, thank you for your apology. No offense taken. That Nursery Web Spider of yours is a really nice spotting! I hope you find loads of interesting organisms and share them here so we can all enjoy them!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Forest Dragon is amazing!!

ForestDragon
Spotted by
ForestDragon

New York, USA

Spotted on Jul 26, 2013
Submitted on Sep 27, 2013

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