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Purplescent Longhorn

Posted by June 21st, 2011 at 3:10 pm

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Longhorn Beetles

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Location: North eastern North Carolina
June 20, 2011 4:42 pm
The kids and I were hoping to find out what this bug is. It was found on the front porch during the day in the summer.
Signature: Cindy

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Purplescent Longhorn

Hi Cindy,
This is one of six species in the genus
Purpuricenus, according to BugGuide, which are called collectively the Purplescent Longhorn.

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