Longhorned Woodboring Beetle - Xylotrechus insignis

Another Photo On Web

Rollin Coville shows a "Willow Borer, Xylotrechus insignus" that is identical:
http://covillephotos.com/files/Sierra_Insects/images/IN20D_20050707_9732.jpg

… Alice Cavette, 27 June, 2008 - 4:36pm

Yes, longhorned beetle.

This is a nice image of a longhorned woodboring beetle in the family Cerambycidae. Might belong to genus Neoclytus, Clytus, or possibly Xylotrechus. Ted MacRae is one of our leading experts on this family, and he should be able to narrow the suspects a bit more. Very nice animal!

… Eric R. Eaton, 27 June, 2008 - 3:46pm

Male Xylotrechus insignus

The male of this species is brown with the three yellow bands, the female is black with an additional median band on the elytra and yellow margins to the pronotum. It breeds in willow. Locally it became quite a pest in a commercial Pussy Willow orchard.

… Dennis Haines, 27 June, 2008 - 4:08pm

Rare?

Rollin Coville shows a "Willow Borer, Xylotrechus insignus" that is identical:
http://covillephotos.com/files/Sierra_Insects/images/IN20D_20050707_9732.jpg

That is the only reference to Xylotrechus insignus on the web. Is it rare? Is it rare to see it in suburbia (Lake Elizabeth, Fremont, CA)?

… Alice Cavette, 27 June, 2008 - 4:37pm

insignis, not insignus

This misspelling may be why people are not finding it on the web.

… Skip Blanchard, 27 June, 2008 - 4:47pm

spelling error has been corrected

Thank you for finding the spelling error. I have corrected the spelling on the web page

… Rollin Coville, 7 September, 2008 - 12:07pm

Thanks

Thanks for correction.

… Alice Cavette, 27 June, 2008 - 5:01pm