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Red Flat Bark Beetle

Cucujus clavipes

Photo by HaydenG
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Field Notes

Description:

Red beetle

Habitat:

Under tree bark

Species ID Suggestions

Red Flat Bark Beetle

Cucujus clavipes

Comments (2)

Blurry, but you can still see the thickened legs. I'm pretty confident of the ID.
It's kind of difficult to tell from the photograph, but I'm pretty sure this is a flattened bark beetle (Family Cucujidae) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucujidae

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