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<a href=". --Apple-Mail-1--190509827 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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. = =20 > 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 = =20 > 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 > = _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._=20= > ._. > 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> > = _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._=20= > ._. > --Apple-Mail-1--190509827 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: = <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops= /insects/fad82s00.html</color> = <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Exte= nsion/Woodys/ALB_Mahaffey/RHApB.htm</color> Cheers! Chris = <fontfamily><param>Times</param>_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.</fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Times</param>Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Times</param>1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6</fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Times</param>(902) 424-6435 =A0 Email = <<<color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</color>></fo= ntfamily> = <fontfamily><param>Times</param>_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.</fontfamily> </excerpt> --Apple-Mail-1--190509827--
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