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Species Neoclytus caprea - Banded Ash Borer

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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 Neoclytus
Species caprea (Banded Ash Borer)
Explanation of Names
Neoclytus caprea (Say 1823)
Size
Adult 8‒17 mm(1), larva up to 22 mm
Range
QC‒n.GA to *ID‒UT‒AZ; in Canada, only Lower Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowland region north to Montreal area(2)(*BG data)
Season
Adults emerge May‒Aug in the North, Feb‒Nov in the South
Food
sapwood of ash, sometimes oak, hickory(1)
Life Cycle
One generation a year; larvae feed on sapwood over summer, pupate in the fall but adult doesn't emerge until spring(3)
Remarks
often emerges indoors from firewood; sawlogs may become infested within 20 days of felling during summer
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Col.) of Canada and United States of America, Parts I‒IV
Monné M.A., Nearns E.H. 2023. Available from https://cerambycids.com/catalog/.
3.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 19 February, 2008 - 10:27am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 9:27pm

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