any beetle freaks out there? i know this doesn't really go in the climbing forum but i thought more people would see it here. i found this gnarly big beetle and i'm trying to ID it. it's over an inch long, half an inch wide and round around the middle. black with 6 yellow stripes long-wise and has short clubbed antennae. when agitated (like some people i know) blows air out it's back end repeatedly that makes a "pfft" sound. anyone? ideas? can't seem to find him on the web after 2 hrs of scanning beetle photos. not an asian longhorn, not a colorado potato beetle.
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MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Uhhhhhhhh....
Focus?
Focus?
biologist
maybe try to track down a coleopterist at you local uni, try the biology division,.
if you can take the beetle with you. it looks distinctive but there are some species that can only be accuratly ID'd to Species level by the direction their genetaila point.
jamie
maybe try to track down a coleopterist at you local uni, try the biology division,.
if you can take the beetle with you. it looks distinctive but there are some species that can only be accuratly ID'd to Species level by the direction their genetaila point.
jamie
highpoint-utd
ArboristSite Operative
well it certainley aint george harrison ,john lennon or paul mcartney .so my guess is its ringo starr
jkrueger
ArboristSite Guru
Hummm, must have been a hard day, I saw the same thing in the Shroud of Turin.
Jack
Jack
arboromega
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dont know what it is, but glad you posted it here because the bugs dept is an important part of tree care. curious to see the answer.
i think i found him!
check this bad boy out.
http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/polyphylla_decimlineata.html
check this bad boy out.
http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/polyphylla_decimlineata.html
