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--Apple-Mail-23--208698019 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Steve, On 6-Aug-07, at 2:26 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote: > Hi Chris and all, > I caught a strikingly striped, quite large longhorn beetle in my > garden trap > yesterday. Body about 20 mm long, brown and white longitudinal > stripes. > Have some pictures taken through the wall of a plastic vial, but > might be good > enough for an ID: > www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968/1024282211/ > (last 3 pictures uploaded) > Chris -- any idea of this bug's ID? One of my favourite groups of longhorn beetles is the genus Saperda. They are diverse (14 species in the northeast) and colourful assemblage of striking beetles. Jeannie found a specimen of the Poplar Borer (Saperda calcarata Say) the other day and your beetle is in this genus as well. It is the so-called "Round-headed Apple Tree Borer (Saperda candida Fabricius) whose larvae feed on the bark of apple, crabapple, hawthorne, quince, and other related trees. Apparently in some circumstances such as orchards they can become a serious pest of these trees, but I've not heard of such accounts here. It is quite an abundant and widely-distributed species in Nova Scotia (I have records from almost every county in the province). David McCorquodale may be able to supply further details. In the meantime check out: http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/insects/fad82s00.html http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/Woodys/ALB_Mahaffey/ RHApB.htm Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-23--208698019 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Steve,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 6-Aug-07, at 2:26 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Chris and all,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I caught = a strikingly striped, quite large longhorn beetle in my garden = trap</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">yesterday.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Body about 20 mm long, brown = and white longitudinal stripes.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Have some = pictures taken through the wall of a plastic vial, but might be = good</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">enough for an ID:</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968/1024282211/</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">(last 3 pictures uploaded)</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Chris -- any idea of this bug's = ID?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>One of my favourite groups = of longhorn=A0beetles is the genus <I>Saperda</I>. They are diverse (14 = species in the northeast) and colourful assemblage of striking beetles. = Jeannie found a specimen of the=A0Poplar Borer (<I>Saperda calcarata</I> = Say) the other day and your beetle is in this genus as well. It is the = so-called "Round-headed Apple Tree Borer (<I>Saperda candida</I> = Fabricius) whose larvae feed on the bark of apple, crabapple, hawthorne, = quince, and other related trees. Apparently in some circumstances such = as orchards they can become a serious pest of these trees, but I've not = heard of such accounts here. It is quite an abundant and = widely-distributed species in Nova Scotia (I have records from almost = every county in the province). David McCorquodale may be able to supply = further details. In the meantime check out:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/insects/fad82s00.html">http= ://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/insects/fad82s00.html</A></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/Woodys/ALB_Mahaffey/RH= ApB.htm">http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/Woodys/ALB_Mahaffey/R= HApB.htm</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-23--208698019--