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Southern Sculpted Pine Borer

Chalcophora georgiana

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Maybe 3/4" long, shiny metallic brown. A beetle of some sort ..?

Habitat:

Back porch

1 Species ID Suggestions

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MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago
Metallic Wood boring beetle
Chalcophora georgiana Metallic wood-boring beetles, Florida Chalcophora (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)


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2 Comments

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

thanks, Keith! Your suggestion gave me enough info to hunt down the species! Greatly appreciated. (I absolutely HATE it when I don't know what something is! I'm weird that way! hah!)

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Buprestidae

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MrsPbio
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MrsPbio

Ocala, Florida, USA

Spotted on Sep 2, 2012
Submitted on Sep 3, 2012

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