Other Common Names
Southern Whitespotted Sawyer
Size
adult body length 17-31 mm
antennae 50-75 mm in male; about 25 mm in female
larva body length to 60 mm
Identification
Adult: brown with irregular pale grayish patches on elytra; legs gray; apical elytral margin meets sutural tooth at right angle; tip of elytral suture has pair of distinct elytral "spines" - see photo:
Larva: whitish-yellow, legless
Range
eastern United States and Ontario
Habitat
coniferous forests; adults may be attracted to light
Food
larvae bore in sapwood of pine logs held in storage or pines killed by natural or manmade causes
Life Cycle
at least three generations per year in southern United States
Remarks
page creation based on Ethan Friedman's and Guy Hanley's identification of
this imageSee Also
Monochamus carolinensis apical elytral margin meets sutural tooth at obtuse angle; elytral "spines" (at tip of elytral suture) indistinct or lacking - see full-size version of photo:
Internet References
adult images of
male and
female plus common name reference [Southern Whitespotted Sawyer] (Michael Bohne, U. of Vermont)
photo of male and link to female, plus distribution and hosts (Michael Thomas, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
species account plus common name reference [Southern Pine Sawyer], biology, and adult image (forestpests.org)
adult image taken from
this page by Wayne Berisford, U. of Georgia (bugwood.org)
photo of adult male (Clemson U., South Carolina)
distribution map (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization, eppo.org)
distribution in Canada; PDF doc in Ontario only (J. McNamara, Cerambycidae; in Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 12 April, 2007 - 8:36pm
Last updated 7 June, 2007 - 11:06am
