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Phellopsis porcata Not even sure where to begin with this one… searched for beetles that look like wood chips, warty beetles, pitted beetles and I'm not even getting close enough to start narrowing it down…. BugGuide to the rescue! Geotagged,Phellopsis porcata,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Phellopsis porcata

Not even sure where to begin with this one… searched for beetles that look like wood chips, warty beetles, pitted beetles and I'm not even getting close enough to start narrowing it down…. BugGuide to the rescue!

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  1. So oddly shaped, never seen anything like it! Posted 10 years ago

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Antennae 11-segmented with a 3-segmented club. Antennal setation sparse. Eyes well-developed, elongate-oval, somewhat reniform, coarsely faceted, extending well onto dorsal portion of head. Males with setose pit on submentum. Lateral margins of pronotum arcuate to sinuate, without distinct lobes. Pronotal disc with several depressions and numerous small, round tubercles. Hypomeron without depressions or antennal cavities. Prosternum without distinct transverse groove. Procoxal cavities narrowly.. more

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded May 19, 2015. Captured May 17, 2015 14:30 in Olympic National Forest, National Forest Development Road 2312, Montesano, WA 98563, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO500
  • 50mm