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πŸͺ² Beetles

Tanbark Borer

Phymatodes testaceus

About

A small, highly variable cerambycid ranging from pale yellow to dark brown or violet. It breeds under the bark of recently dead oaks across Europe and North America. Adults are nocturnal and come freely to lights.

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Did You Know?

Color variation in this species is so extreme that over a dozen color forms have been named, all belonging to one species.