Insect ID
Location: South of France
June 18, 2011 8:02 pm
can you help me identify these insects
please. photos takn in South of France i mid June.
Thank you
Signature: David
Flower Longhorn: Stictoleptura cordigera
Hi David,
In not too much time, we were able to identify your beautiful Flower Longhorn as Stictoleptura cordigera on this website: http://www.cerambyx.uochb.cz/corcord.htm. Here is another photo from the GEOLocations website. Longhorn Beetles are also called Longicorns or Capricorns. Your other insect is some species of Robber Fly.
¶ Posted 19 June 2011 § ‡ ° I think It’s a long-horn?
Location: NY
June 18, 2011 6:39 pm
Caught this guy running across a leaf but not sure the type. Has orange running down both sides.
Signature: Thanks Guys
Flower Longhorn
You are correct. This is a Longhorn Beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and furthermore, it is one of the Flower Longhorns in the subfamily Lepturinae. We believe, based on photos posted to BugGuide, that it is Strangalepta abbreviata, a species without a common name. BugGuide indicates: “Larvae feed in various decaying conifers and hardwoods” and “Adults are attracted to many wildflowers”.
¶ Posted 19 June 2011 § ‡ ° curious bug
Location: middle Tennessee
June 18, 2011 6:46 am
Me and my son found this on the porch around ten o’clock pm tonight June the ninth we live in Tennessee we have been having some high temperature days lately don’t know if that will help or not. Could you help us identify this insect please we were fascinated by it. Thanks so much.
Signature: Father & Son
Round Headed Apple Borer
Dear Father & Son,
We confirmed our suspicions that this was a Round Headed Apple Borer, Saperda candida, by researching on BugGuide. BugGuide states: “Larvae feed on the wood of apples (Malus) and related trees in the rose family, such as pear (Pyrus), hawthorn (Crataegus), mountain ash (Sorbus) and Saskatoon (Amelanchier). Also: Aronia, Cotoneaster, Cydonia, Prunus. Adults feed on leaves.” Also: “These insects seek out trees which are already weakened due to some other stress. A heavy infestation can kill a tree.”
¶ Posted 18 June 2011 § ‡ ° pretty beetle
Location: Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua
June 9, 2011 9:00 pm
Dear Bugman,
When I woke up this morning, I found this insect on a door. It’s two front legs are very long, as well as the antennae. When we tried to move it, it hissed. A while later, it flew away.
We are supposed to be in the rainy season, but it has been hot and dry. Hope you know what it is! God bless.
Signature: hector
Harlequin Beetle
Dear Hector,
We always love posting photos of Harlequin Beetles, Acrocinus longimanus. Your individual is a male as evidenced by his disproportionately long antennae and front legs. The species ranges from Mexico to Brazil.
¶ Posted 15 June 2011 § ‡ ° Large Ground Beetle???
Hardwood Stump Borer
Location: Union, MS
June 14, 2011 10:04 pm
A large beetle flew into my screened-in back porch, and I’m having trouble identifying it. It is 2” (50mm) long, and 5/8” across at the top of the wings. I have seen some photos that are similar, but not an exact match. Any idea of what this beetle is? I have a few more pictures if you need them…
Signature: Joey Graham
Hardwood Stump Borer
Hi Joey,
This positively magnificent beetle is one of the Prionid Longhorn Borers, and more specifically, it is Mallodon dasystomus, the Hardwood Stump Borer. Adults are attracted to lights according to BugGuide.
Hardwood Stump Borer
¶ Posted 15 June 2011 § ‡ ° Unidentified Insect
Location: South East Wales, UK
June 2, 2011 6:22 am
I found this insect in the garden today in Wales (2nd June 2011).
Can you please identify it for me?
Signature: Thank you very much.
Leptura maculata, the Spotted Longhorn
In anticipation of a short trip away from the office, we are preparing a series of images to post in our absence. Your letter will go live next week. This is a Longhorn Beetle in the family Cerambycidae, sometimes called the Longicorn Beetles, and we are nearly certain it is Leptura maculata, which we initially identified on the Garden Safari website and verified on the BioLib website where it is called the Spotted Longhorn.
¶ Posted 09 June 2011 § ‡ ° Beetle on my dead tree
Location: Aurora, Colorado
June 6, 2011 1:49 pm
I have a tree that just recently died and it’s got bore holes all over it which is why I assume it died. I’ve attached two photos of some beetles I found on the tree. I can’t tell if they’re what are boring the holes or if they’re just hanging out as I havent been able to find any tennants in the holes.
Signature: Mike
Unknown Borer
Dear Mike,
This is a member of the Longhorned Borer Beetle family Cerambycidae, known as the Bycids for short. The larvae bore in the wood of trees and shrubs and most species are very host specific. While some species do considerable damage to living, healthy trees, many members of the family will only infest trees that are already compromised by disease or stress. What species of tree is this? The bark resembles a Eucalyptus, but we want to know for certain. We don’t recognize the beetle, but those enlarged hind femora are a good identifying feature. We haven’t the time to identify this species at the moment, but you can try browsing through the possibilities on BugGuide. We already spent about ten minutes searching with no luck. We will also try to contact Eric Eaton to see if he recognizes this species.
Eric Eaton Responds
Daniel:
Something in the genus Callidium. Should be several species in Colorado. Here’s more:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/42797/bgpage
Have fun in Colorado!
Eric
Thanks Eric,
This image on BugGuide is nearly identical.
¶ Posted 07 June 2011 § ‡ ° Large Beetle
Location: Norfolk, Virginia USA
June 6, 2011 10:31 am
This was on my front door lastnight, cant find a discription of any like it online. It was app. three inches long.
Signature: Bugman
Tile Horned Prionus
This is a Root Borer in the genus Prionus. It is a male Tile Horned Prionus, Prionus imbricornis. BugGuide provides this identification information: “Huge longhorn, dark brown and shining. Antennae have 18-20 overlapping segments (male): Female has 16-18 serrated segments. Other eastern Prionus have 12-13 antennal segments.” BugGuide also provides this information which may explain this Tile Horned Prionus’s appearance on your porch if the light was left on: “On mid-summer nights, these hit lighted windows so hard at my house in Durham, North Carolina, that I fear the glass will break. Seems that mostly males come to lights.”
¶ Posted 06 June 2011 § ‡ ° 
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