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neefman East Bridgewater, MA May 28, 2016

My daughter saved this one from certain death. Any idea what it might be?

Thanx!

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Chillybean (Zone 5a) May 28, 2016

I do not recognize this one at all, but wanted to say I am glad to hear your daughter saves the lives of insects. I scooped a few struggling June beetles out of our pool the other day.

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA May 28, 2016

Unfortunately, there are many insect casualties in our pool... It's above ground though so at least I don't find dead squirrels in the filter like my old house. That was freakin' disgusting!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 28, 2016

It's a wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. The adults are called metallic wood-boring beetles and the larvae are called flat-headed wood borers (actually, its their thorax and not their head that's flat)...

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA May 30, 2016

Awesome! Thanks Flapdoodle!

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