Is this a borer beetle of some kind?

paddler4paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins
edited July 28, 2009 in Holy Macro
This bug was nice and cooperative until I tried to get him face on...
My book has nothing that quite matches, but the closes are borer beetles. Anyone know what this is?


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    Nice one- might be a ground beetle ?
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    Looks distantly related to the Spotted Asia Longhorn beatles invading our trees here in Worcester, MA. ButvI am no expert.

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  • paddler4paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    Thanks folks. I think its antennae are shorter than those of a longhorn. I looked up a lot of images of both ground beetles and borers and did not find a perfect match. There are LOTS of species of both. I think years ago E. O. Wilson said something like, "If there is a God, she has an inordinate love of beetles." The one I found looks a lot like some ground beetles, e.g., http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/files/images/carabid-I2_0.jpg, but it lacks clear striations on its wing covers and has a much smaller thorax (front to back). Some borers match those characteristics, but I could not find one to match.
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