Bug FAQDicerca obscura
Dicerca obscura · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Buprestidae
Dicerca obscura is a brownish-black beetle. It lives in the central and eastern parts of the United States and Canada. The beetle feeds on several persimmon species and on staghorn sumac.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The beetle has a brownish-black coloration.
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Where it lives
It is found in central and eastern regions of the USA and Canada.
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Where it comes from
Its native range includes central and eastern USA and Canada.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 25 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Delaware, Arkansas.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
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Anthaxia quadripunctataSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicerca_obscura
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