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Chalcophora virginiensis
3/4", silver and shiny bronze
temperate forest
I spotted this at Fireman's Park. It's the only one of these I've ever seen. It was on a small shrub just beside the trail.
Spotted on May 19, 2012
Submitted on Jun 28, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks jgorneau, that's what I was thinking too. Thanks Courtney, yeah, I'm lucky I spotted it on a shrub, probably would have walked right by it on a tree.
Looks like it to me: Sculpted Pine Borer, Chalcophora virginiensis:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/360641
Very cool Dan, I bet this little guy camouflages well on a tree trunk.