Species Neoclytus caprea - Banded Ash Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Please help me with Identification - Neoclytus caprea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Clytini

Genus Neoclytus

Species caprea (Banded Ash Borer)

Explanation of Names

Author: Say

Size

Adult: 4-18 mm. Larvae: 10-22 mm.

Identification

Black with yellowish white bands. Larvae are creamy white and robust.

Range

Throughout most of the United States but most common in the East.

Food

Usually feeds on sick, dying or recently dead trees.

Life Cycle

Breeds in ash and oak wood. One generation a year.

Remarks

It often emerges indoors from firewood.

Sawlogs may become infested within 20 days of felling during the summery.

Internet References

Forest Pests

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 19 February, 2008 - 10:27am
Last updated 25 January, 2010 - 6:31pm

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