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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-Faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Lamiini » Monochamus » Whitespotted Sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus)
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Beetle to ID - Monochamus scutellatus
Copyright © 2008 Kildale

Beetle to ID - Monochamus scutellatus
Waterton Lakes national Park., Alberta, Canada, British Columbia, Canada
September 18, 2008
There were a few of these beetles flying around, rather large, ID would be great if anyone can help.
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Contributed by Kildale on 21 September, 2008 - 6:33pm
Last updated 12 October, 2008 - 2:09am

I was going to say..
...looks like a whitespotted sawyer to me, but it appears that they are the same species. Here's the bugguide page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7432
… Heidi Genter, 21 September, 2008 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Beetle
Thank you for the help with the ID.
… Kildale, 21 September, 2008 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be an Oregon Fir Saw
Looks to be an Oregon Fir Sawyer
sometimes confused with the Asian Longhorn beetle

http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/identification/index.html
… Travis Dotson, 21 September, 2008 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Beetle ID
Thank you Travis for the help.
… Kildale, 21 September, 2008 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Female.
This is indeed a female Monochamus scutellatus. The "Oregon fir sawyer" is no longer considered even a subspecies if I recall correctly. There is simply much geographic variation. Males, by the way, have much longer, unbanded antennae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2008 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Beetle
Thank you Eric, always nice to hear from you.
… Kildale, 22 September, 2008 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

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