can anyone identify this particular insect?

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doctoroe - 22 Jul 2008 16:42 GMT

Noticed a new bug in the area this summer. Can anyone identify it?
Photo below. Thanks

http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/thread.aspx?mid=600599#600599

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Bill - 22 Jul 2008 22:37 GMT

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Peach Borer....not good.

Bill who can¹t find a jpeg online to confirm.

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

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Chris - 23 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT

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> Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

Are you sure?

Compare:

http://www.canr.msu.edu/vanburen/fptb.htm

Chris

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Pat Kiewicz - 23 Jul 2008 11:42 GMT

doctoroe said:

>Noticed a new bug in the area this summer. Can anyone identify it?
>Photo below. Thanks
>
>http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/thread.aspxmid=600599#600599

May be a banded netwing beetle, or some other beetle in the family
Lycidae. (Not a garden pest.)

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/beetles/banded_net-winged01.htm

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/net_winged_beetles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycidae

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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

After enlightenment, the laundry.

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Don Staples - 23 Jul 2008 15:33 GMT

> doctoroe said:
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> May be a banded netwing beetle, or some other beetle in the family
> Lycidae. (Not a garden pest.)

Believe you are right, Banded Net-wing Beetle - Calopteron reticulatum

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/net_winged_beetles

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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

can anyone identify this particular insect?