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Sugar Maple Borer Smashed

Posted by July 15th, 2005 at 12:00 am

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Found this bug on the dock at our family cottage near Bancroft Ontario. Any ideas?

Oh, the carnage. This is a Sugar Maple Borer, Glycobius speciosus. This beautiful beetle lays eggs in the bark crevices of hard maples and the larvae mine between the bark and the wood.

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  1. From Sugar Maple Borer | What's That Bug? on 01 Jul 2009 at 11:13 am

    [...] we have been taking identification requests online.  That image, submitted in July 2005 was of a smashed specimen.  BugGuide has very little specific information other than:  “Range Northeastern North [...]

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