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Any idea what kind of bug this is?
Brent

Hi Brent,
This is a Metallic Wood Boring Beetle in the Family Buprestidae. We believe it is Dicerca divaricata, but we are not positive as you did not include the information we request, most notably your location on the planet. Dicerca divaricata is a North American beetle. Adults often sun themselves on limbs of their host trees, including apple, peach, pear, cherry, birch, ironwood, black ash, sugar maple and others, according to Dillon and Dillon.

Thank for your information. I live in Vermont. I found the bug on my living room floor. With your information I have researched it some more and believe that it is actually a Dicera tenebrosa. It is much more copper colored that the Dicera divaricata. I believe the bug fell out of a piece of firewood. Thanks again Brent.

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