Subject: Metallic Blue Beetle
Geographic location of the bug: My. Charleston, NV
Date: 02/01/2019
Time: 09:04 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Inerested in in identifying this beautiful beetle.
How you want your letter signed: Steve M.
Dear Steve,
This is a gorgeous beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the Long-Horned Borer Beetles or Bycids. We have it narrowed down to two genera. Our first choice is the Blackhorned Pine Borer, Callidium antennatum, which is pictured on BugGuide, or possibly Semanotus amethystinus, a species with no common name and also pictured on BugGuide. We are contacting Doug Yanega at UC Riverside for assistance.
Doug Yanega responds.
Hi. I can confirm that it’s a female Callidium, but can’t be sure of species.
Peace,
Doug Yanega
Dept. of Entomology
Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside