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Horned Powder-post Beetle

Lichenophanes bicornis

Photo by ForestDragon
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Field Notes

Description:

Smaller beetle with elongated abdomen. Rough texture. Mottled brown coloration. Humped appearance to protonum with two small hornlike projections off of the front. Fairly short antennae. Perhaps a type of Ironclad Beetle?

Habitat:

Suburban yard. Attracted to a blacklight.

Reference Links:

Species Lichenophanes bicornis - BugGuide.Net

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