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Invasive ExoticsCan you help identify?
Hi there, I have recently moved from the UK to central Boston and have found several of these flying insects in my city center apartment. Their bodies are generally 0.5 to 0.75 inches long. I am unsure if they are attracted by light or not. Thanks in advance
Mike Hume
Hi Mike,
We wrote to Eric Eaton to properly identify your beetle. He wrote back: “Ok, the beetle is the “Wharf Borer,” Nacerdes melanura. It is in the
family Oedemeridae, the False Blister Beetles.” Adults are usually found on flowers or foilage near water and the larvae live in decaying wood. It is common in woodsheds, cellars and lumberyards. Originally European, it has been spread around the world due to commerce.
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