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Red Flat Bark Beetle

Cucujus clavipes

Description:

Red beetle

Habitat:

Under tree bark

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2 Comments

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Blurry, but you can still see the thickened legs. I'm pretty confident of the ID.

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

It's kind of difficult to tell from the photograph, but I'm pretty sure this is a flattened bark beetle (Family Cucujidae) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucujidae...

HaydenG
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HaydenG

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Mar 9, 2012
Submitted on Mar 9, 2012

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