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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Beetles</title>
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		<title>Bug of the Month July 2009:  Giant Stag Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/26/giant-stag-beetle-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Name that Beetle
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:11 PM
I was at work and took a picture of this beetle on the wall. I have been looking on the internet and have not been able to identify it, yet. Any ideas?
Chris Bullard
Wilson, NC
Hi Chris,
The Giant Stag Beetle, Lucanus elaphus, might well be the most strikingly unusual [...]


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		<title>Elderberry Borer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/04/elderberry-borer-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Flying Beetle?
Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Dear Bugman,
This lovely creature buzzed my face twice right in my eyes before flying slowly over to the wild grapevine and landing. It then waited for me to get a camera, but this was the best pic I could manage before it took off again. It&#8217;s about [...]


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		<title>Broad Necked Root Borer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/04/broad-necked-root-borer-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/04/broad-necked-root-borer-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[huge beetle!
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Super huge beetle (at least for the northeast), swollen-looking yellow belly (mama beetle, maybe?), periodically leans forward completely on its head and projects this bizarre pointed appendage from its backside&#8230;.very weird. I&#8217;ve never seen anything like this.
Sasha
Philadelphia, PA
Hi Sasha,
Your female beetle is a Broad Necked Root Borer, Prionus [...]


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		<title>Purplescent Longhorn</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/04/purplescent-longhorn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this beetle?
Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
This insect was seen crossing blacktop in in early July. Help me identify it please!
Jason
Lebanon, Pa
Dear Jason,
It took a short time for us to properly identify this striking Cerambycid on BugGuide, but we have identified it as Purpuricenus humeralis.  The species has no common name, but [...]


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		<title>Mating Elderberry Borers</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/03/mating-elderberry-borers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/03/mating-elderberry-borers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blue and Yellow Beetle?
Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Hi, My husband noticed these beetles all over a small tree in our backyard there are all mating and seem content to stay there doing just that&#8230; ther are kind of pretty but I am worried that they are not native to Newfoundland Canada.
Angela
Newfoundland Canada
Fear not [...]


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		<title>Bumelia Borer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/03/bumelia-borer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/03/bumelia-borer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Large green beetle, orange legs, long antennae?
Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I found this large green metallic beetle in my oak tree. I have never seen a beetle like this one before, and was wondering if you could tell me what it is! The body itself was about 3-3.5&#8243; long, and the antennae nearly [...]


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		<title>Eucalyptus Borer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/02/eucalyptus-borer-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larger than normal for Berkeley
Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I&#8217;ve found the insects here in Berkeley to be generally fewer and less varied than where I grew up in rural Wisconsin. But a few weeks before I move back to the midwest this one turned up on my bedroom ceiling two nights ago. I&#8217;ve [...]


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		<title>Sugar Maple Borer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/01/sugar-maple-borer-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/01/sugar-maple-borer-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[yellow striped long horned beetle
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM
i found this in Northern VT it is a long horned beetle of some kind, but its yellow striped pattern doesn&#8217;t look like any i know.
Ryan
Northern VT
Dear Ryan,
We have countless chores to do today, like painting window frames and cleaning the garage, but we succumbed [...]


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		<title>Bumble Flower Beetle and Mating Red Milkweed Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/01/bumble-flower-beetle-and-red-milkweed-beetles-mating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/01/bumble-flower-beetle-and-red-milkweed-beetles-mating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Epicaerus Weevil on Milkweed???
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Hello Daniel,
I can&#8217;t be sure, even after an hour and a half of looking for this &#8220;bug,&#8221; if a weevil it is or not.  The snout says it is&#8230;  Yes?  No&#8230;?
These two photos (lightened for assistance in identification) were taken in farm country [...]


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		<title>Southern Pine Sawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/30/southern-pine-sawyer-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/30/southern-pine-sawyer-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beetle? Super long antennae and huge paws!
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Hi WTB! I&#8217;ve attached several photos of what I think may be a kind of Longhorn Beetle. We found it hanging out on our screenroom one very hot day. He was just as curious of us as we were of him, watching us [...]


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