# Need help identifing a bug

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 15, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595 "2008-07-15T19:37:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595/1 "2008-07-15T19:37:58Z")

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Looks like some [sort of beetle](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28023758@N03/)but I’ve never seen one around here.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595/2 "2008-07-15T19:49:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical]  
Looks like some [sort of beetle](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28023758@N03/)but I’ve never seen one around here.  
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Looks a bit like a Longhorn Beetle in the genus _Ergates_. No guarantee, though.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595/3 "2008-07-16T01:16:43Z")

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Palo Verde Border.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595/4 "2008-07-16T02:04:34Z")

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[QUOTE=beowulff]  
Palo Verde Border.  
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Took me a while searching border. [Borer.](http://phoenix.about.com/library/blpaloverdebug.htm)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifing-a-bug/456595/5 "2008-07-16T02:33:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical]  
Took me a while searching border. [Borer.](http://phoenix.about.com/library/blpaloverdebug.htm)

Thanks!  
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I tole you spell check was the route of all typos! 😃