Spined Oak Borer

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July 13th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

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July 13, 2009
This was taken on Sat. (July the 10h) in Charlotte, NC. We had a huge yardsale (we made $666.25) and the door to the house was open and this fella was on the kitchen wall. I am on WTB daily and often use it to identify things that I cannot readily identify. I love this site! The beetle (a longicorn possibly) was about an inch long. I took some photos and then let him out into the woods behind the house.
Brian R. Lucas
Charlotte, NC

Spined Oak Borer

Thanks for your nice letter Brian,
This is a Spined Oak Borer, Elaphidion mucranatum. According to BugGuide: “Eggs are laid beneath bark of dead hardwoods. Larvae feed beneath the bark for the first year and feed deeper the second year. Adults come to lights, bait traps.“

Excellent I can add that one to my collection of insects I can identify. I had a huge Chalcophora virginiensis land on me at the Reedy Creek Nature preserve here in charlotte a few months back and it totally freaked out the guys I was playing disc golf with (I play almost every day) I got to identify it and tell them about itt. I am now the “bug guy” for our club I identify and inform people about all the neat bugs (and additionally reptile/amphibians) on our courses. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a picture of the lime green assassin bug that visited the yard sale. You guys rock, and condolences on the fishes.

Thanks for the condolences Brian. There will be more fish soon enough. The sad part is that we rescued them from the community aquarium and kept them alone and fed them for four days. We just misjudged what a young Angelfish will try to put in its mouth. We won’t make that mistake again.

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From Spined Oak Borer, not Banded Hickory Borer. Or possibly Parelaphidion aspersum??? | What's That Bug? on 09 Jun 2010 at 1:00 am ¶
[...] of Karl June 3, 2010 Hi Daniel: This is a confusing one. It looks a lot like a cerambycid that was posted previously on WTB and identified as a Spined Oak Borer (Elaphidion mucranatum; Cerambycinae: Elaphidiini). You can [...]