What kind of beetle is this?
May 18, 2010
I found this beetle on it’s back on the floor of my kitchen at about midnight. My first instinct was to “KILL THE BUG!!”, but then I thought that I should check out what kind of beetle it is to make sure my orange tree is safe. Thank you for your time. I want to apologize for the small amount of glare, didn’t want to let it out of the bag.
Chris
Orlando, Florida
Hardwood Stump Borer
Hi Chris,
This Longhorned Borer Beetle is a member of the Tribe Macrotomini, and though this particular view through the plastic bag is not ideal for identification, we are relatively confident that this is the Hardwood Stump Borer, Mallodon dasystomus. According to BugGuide it has: “Robust, gigantic jaws” and “Larvae bore in live heartwood of trees, esp. oak, sycamore, take 3-4 years to mature. Can be economically damaging. Adults attracted to UV lights.“ We suspect it may have been attracted to the light in your kitchen. It will not harm your orange trees.
¶ Posted 19 May 2010 § ‡ ° Longhorn Beetle
May 17, 2010
I am sure its a longhorn beetle I just dont know its scientific or common name. I would really appreciate the genus and species as well and the common one. Thank you so much.
Alyssa
Indonesia
Unknown Longicorn
Hi Alyssa,
We haven’t the time to research your genus, species, common name request at the moment because we are rushing out to a local issues meeting to speak out in opposition to a request to trap coyotes in nearby Elyria Canyon Park. Perhaps we will have time when we return, or perhaps one or our readers will be able to supply an answer. Upon doing a bit of research, it appears superficially like Batocera wallacei based on a photo on the Photogallery of cerambycid beetles of the genus Batocera website, but the front legs on your beetle are much longer.
¶ Posted 17 May 2010 § ‡ ° Longhorn Beatle
May 4, 2010
This fellow (or gal) was on our front screen this morning. I’ve looked through the Longhorn picture database, and can’t find one just like it, so I thought I would drop a line. Thanks
brad
Balfate, Honduras (North Coast)
Neoptychodes trilineatus
Hi Brad,
Amazingly, we quickly identified your Longhorn as Neoptychodes trilineatus on BugGuide. BugGuide notes: “Primarily Caribbean and Neotropical in distribution, but gets into southwestern and extreme southeastern U.S.” and “Although Ficus is the primary host, larvae also develop in Alnus, Morus, Salix, Celtis.”
Neoptychodes trilineatus
Thanks very much. You guys are great. I’ve got to get better at using the Bug Guide.
brad
¶ Posted 04 May 2010 § ‡ ° Some more great bugs from PNG
April 30, 2010
There are so many awesome bugs here in Papua New Guinea, and I know we’ve only seen the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Here are a few we thought you would like to see.
The first is called, at least locally, a “Christmas spider.” Perhaps you can identify it? They’re rather small – the largest being only about an inch across. The second, some kind of leaf bug? It was about 3″ long, not including antennae. The third, a borer, also about 3″ long not including antennae, which had a spread of about 8″. The spider and leaf bug were photographed near Madang and the borer was photographed in Buka, Bougainville. Enjoy!!
Sharon
Papua New Guinea
Batocera kibleri
Hi Sharon,
We are keeping quite busy today just posting your wonderful images. We will try to identify this lovely Longicorn.
Comment with Identification
Believe it may be Batocera kibleri. A few links for you to look at… http://www.cerambycoidea.com/foto.asp?Id=67
and http://www.golofa.fr/aff_catalogue.php?groupe=1&famille=1&continent=4#thumb
I hope this helps, though I couldn’t find very much information on the beetle itself.
lttlechkn
¶ Posted 30 April 2010 § ‡ ° Bug with Striped feelers
April 30, 2010
I found this bug on one of my building structure in Singapore. Occasionally, the brown patch on the back will lift up to reveal wings. The feelers are very long. Do you know what bug this is?
Stanley
Singapore
Unknown Longicorn
Hi Stanley,
This is a Long Horned Borer Beetle or Longicorn in the family Cerambycidae, but we are uncertain of the species. Perhaps one of our readers will attempt an identification while we are at work furthering the education of others.
Karl has an answer
Hi Daniel and Stanley:
I think this longicorn is probably Coptops leucostictica (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Mesosini). I am fairly certain that is the genus, with an outside chance that it may be Mesosa. There is an excellent website called “Longhorned Beetles of Singapore” that you can explore, or go directly to a very nice photo of C. leucostictica. The species is found throughout mainland southeast Asia, Singapore and west to India. Regards.
Karl
Unknown large green long-antennaed Indian insect
April 24, 2010
I stayed in Bangalore for four months last year and saw this bug on my door one day. If I remember right, it made a loud buzzing noise when it flew. It seemed to prefer sticking to walls, though. I only saw it once, around May in Bangalore, India.
Benjamin C. Krause
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Mango Stem Borer
Dear Benjamin,
Your Longhorned Borer Beetle is a Mango Stem Borer, Batocera rufomaculata, a species we have identified several times in the past. It is considered a pest species of mango, fig and avocado trees where the larvae burrow in the wood.
¶ Posted 25 April 2010 § ‡ ° Could you please try to ID these beetles? Thanks!
April 19, 2010
These were two of many of their kind that were scurrying all over my windshield today (April 19); some were mating. Each was maybe about an inch long. I was parked directly under a mature cherry tree. The yellow on the windshield is, I believe maple pollen. Thanks for any help in IDing them – I searched this site and a few others but didn’t manage to come across it. Love your site, I refer to it all the time and it has stopped me from being quite so much of a bug-fearer!
Karen in Seattle
Mercer Island, WA
Unknown Longhorned Borer Beetles
Hi Karen,
These are Longhorned Borer Beetles in the family Cerambycidae, but we are late for work and haven’t the time to identify the species at the moment. Perhaps one of our readers will have some free time and post a comment.
Longhorned Borer Beetle
Karl provides an answer
April 26, 2010
Hi Daniel and Karen:
It looks like Hybodera tuberculata (Cerambycinae: Hyboderini). The genus only has two species, both native to the Pacific coast. H. tuberculata looks closer than H. debilis. I couldn’t find much information foe either, but apparently H. tuberculata ranges further north (to British Columbia) and H. debilis ranges further south (to California). Regards.
Karl
¶ Posted 20 April 2010 § ‡ ° Tagged: mysteries A Beautiful Beetle that I can’t Identify
April 16, 2010
First spotted this beautiful ‘beetle’ (I think) on the outside of my patio door. He flew away before I got a picture! Hand sketched from memory and searched this website and others for his name but no match was found.
After mowing today (4/16/2010) happened to see another one on my garbage can behind my garage. Captured (him) into a plastic jar and took several close-ups before releasing him UNHARMED. As I let him go near the garbage can I saw another one there at the same place that I captured him (feremones?). Pictures are of the captured one in the plastic jar and the free one on top of (blue) garbage can.
farmer don
Southeast Missouri, Mississippi County
Res Headed Ash Borer
Dear Farmer Don,
You are our kind of guy. Your beautiful beetle is a Red Headed Ash Borer, Neoclytus acuminatus. According to BugGuide: “Larvae feed on the sapwood of ash and other hardwoods, and even occasionally on vines and shrubs. Larvae are commonly found feeding in downed timber with the bark left on.“ The adults are often attracted to UV lights.
Mr. Marlos,
Thank you so very much for your assistance. It was a tedious process to attempt identification using my dial-up internet connection. Hundreds of pictures of bugs sometimes took hours to load…. so you’ve saved me a lot of time!
Hardly a week goes by on my rural, wooded 2.5 acres without my seeing some new and unusual bug. I often carry a 10x hand lens to take a closer look at their tiny features. Several days ago I discovered evidence of burying beetles in my backyard.. they had almost completely buried a black bird in the soft sand. (The black bird was raiding the nests of ‘my’ songbirds when a .177 caliber pellet ended his nefarious deed!)
Thanks again for your service!
Regards,
Don Laughlin (Not really a farmer!)
Dear Not Really a Farmer Don,
Thanks for the update. We do not nostalgically remember the days when we had to update our website using dial-up, and we are thankful that we now have high speed cable internet connectivity. We wish you had sent photos of the Burying Beetles.
¶ Posted 16 April 2010 § ‡ ° 
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