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Species Glycobius speciosus - Sugar Maple Borer

Sugar Maple Borer - Glycobius speciosus Alpine insect from summit of Algonquin Peak, 5112 feet - Glycobius speciosus Yellow insect with interesting markings - Glycobius speciosus Looks like a yellow jacket but it's a beetle - Glycobius speciosus sugar maple borer - Glycobius speciosus Sugar Maple Borer - Glycobius speciosus Glycobius speciosus - female Glycobius speciosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Clytini
Genus Glycobius
Species speciosus (Sugar Maple Borer)
Explanation of Names
Glycobius speciosus (Say 1828)
Size
23‒27 mm(1)
Range
ne NA(1), extirpated from much of the Midwest (Holland 2009)
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
Jun‒Aug(2)
Food
host: sugar maple
Life Cycle
Takes 2 years. Larvae mine under bark of living Acer saccharum. Eggs laid in bark crevices, under bark scales or around wounds in Jul‒Aug. Larvae tunnel across the grain and cut deep channels. Pupation occurs as the end of the tunnel, but prior to this, they cut an exit hole. Overwinter as larvae in sapwood.(3)
Remarks

Rare(2)
Print References
Holland J.D. (2009) Glycobius speciosus (Say) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) has been extirpated from much of midwestern U.S.A. Col. Bull. 63: 54–61.
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
3.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.