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LkevinJ Ivanhoe, TX Aug 29, 2013

I think it's a borer. I have them everywhere all the sudden this year. I suspect they came with a log or logs I harvested. I run a sawmill at home and mill numerous species of logs.

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LkevinJ Ivanhoe, TX Aug 31, 2013

Bumping this - still haven't found anyone who knows what it is . . .

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LkevinJ Ivanhoe, TX Sep 02, 2013

I'm not giving up on the DG brain trust. C'mon ladies and gents what have I got here? I have looked everywhere I can think of but no one knows what this is. I'm thinking I'm going to have to send it off to TAMU entomology to solve this lol.

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greene33 Vernonburg, GA Sep 02, 2013

It's a holiday weekend. Give everyone a chance to check in. The insects will still be there on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, take another photo with something for size reference like a quarter or a pencil so we can judge the size if needed.

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greene33 Vernonburg, GA Sep 02, 2013

I'm no expert but I found a similar photo which on another site and the insect was identified as a Blister Beetle/Meloidae, most likely an Ash Gray Blister Beetle/Epicauta fabricii or something very similar. You could use that information as a starting point for further research.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 03, 2013

Definitely a blister beetle in the genus Epicauta; there is more than one species that can appear quite similar - http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/125677930
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/46521098
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/116216152
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/144054815

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LkevinJ Ivanhoe, TX Sep 03, 2013

Flapdoodle - thank you very much. The color on mine are quite different but my camera is terrible. Still, the body features look the same so it must be a blister beetle maybe in just a different stage. For some reason thousands & thousands of them showed up for about a week, now they are almost gone. Thanks again for your answer.

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