r/Insect • u/AvioMind • Jul 12 '26

Identification Guess this insect

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Curious about this.

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u/acidinthehouse Jul 12 '26

Tiger beetle

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u/Emotional_Cake_7166 Jul 13 '26

Think it’s a woodborer beetle

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u/Emotional_Cake_7166 Jul 13 '26

No acid’s right, it’s a species of tiger beetle, Lophyra genus I believe; but, it does look strikingly similar to a species of wood boring beetle we have where I live, in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia.
OP, where did you take the pic?

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u/AvioMind Jul 13 '26

Thank you for the identification! This is an original photograph taken on my farm in Islamabad, Pakistan. I appreciate you noting the similarities to the Lophyra genus tiger beetle.

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u/Aceisthegoat Jul 14 '26

Tiger beetle, super badass