[NatureNS] longhorn beetle

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From: Steve Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:50:03 -0300
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Thanks Chris and Dave, for the ID.    I scanned Bugguide.net through =20
longhorns and couldn't find a match (quickly, so perhaps I missed it).  =20=

  Is there another/ better on-line beetle resource with pictures, that =20=

is worth visiting for visual comparisons for those of us who don't want =20=

to key insects out?   Or is there a good beetle book fro these parts, =20=

with lots of pictures?
Steve


On 6-Aug-07, at 9:46 AM, c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> 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 =20
>> garden trap
>> yesterday. Body about 20 mm long, brown and white longitudinal =20
>> stripes.
>> Have some pictures taken through the wall of a plastic vial, but =20
>> 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=A0beetles is the genus Saperda. =
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> They are diverse (14 species in the northeast) and colourful =20
> assemblage of striking beetles. Jeannie found a specimen of the=A0Poplar=
 =20
> Borer (Saperda calcarata Say) the other day and your beetle is in this =
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> genus as well. It is the so-called "Round-headed Apple Tree Borer =20
> (Saperda candida Fabricius) whose larvae feed on the bark of apple, =20=

> crabapple, hawthorne, quince, and other related trees. Apparently in =20=

> some circumstances such as orchards they can become a serious pest of =20=

> these trees, but I've not heard of such accounts here. It is quite an =20=

> abundant and widely-distributed species in Nova Scotia (I have records =
=20
> from almost every county in the province). David McCorquodale may be =20=

> 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/=20
> RHApB.htm
>
> Cheers!
> Chris
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> Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
> 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6
> (902) 424-6435 =A0 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Thanks Chris and Dave, for the ID.    I scanned Bugguide.net through
longhorns and couldn't find a match (quickly, so perhaps I missed it). =20=

Is there another/ better on-line beetle resource with pictures, that
is worth visiting for visual comparisons for those of us who don't
want to key insects out?   Or is there a good beetle book fro these
parts, with lots of pictures?

Steve=20



On 6-Aug-07, at 9:46 AM, c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:

<excerpt>Hi Steve,

On 6-Aug-07, at 2:26 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote:


<excerpt>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?

</excerpt>One of my favourite groups of longhorn=A0beetles is the genus
<italic>Saperda</italic>. They are diverse (14 species in the
northeast) and colourful assemblage of striking beetles. Jeannie found
a specimen of the=A0Poplar Borer (<italic>Saperda calcarata</italic>
Say) the other day and your beetle is in this genus as well. It is the
so-called "Round-headed Apple Tree Borer (<italic>Saperda
candida</italic> 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:


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Cheers!

Chris

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