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Northeastern Pine Sawyer (Monochamus notatus)
Photo#26683
Copyright © 2005
Jim McClarin
Monochamus notatus, Northeastern Pine Sawyer -
Monochamus notatus
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Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 27, 2005
Size: 32 - 35 mm
Neat eyes!
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 3 August, 2005 - 10:06pm
Last updated 4 August, 2005 - 12:32am
Red spots
What are those red spots above the leg? Looks like eggs of some kind??
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Barbara Logan
, 26 August, 2008 - 2:42pm
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I think they are immature mites.
Many beetle species have hitch-hiker mites that depend on the beetles to get them to new habitats and food sources. Although I'm sure some mites are very beetle-species specific, I've noticed some mites that get separated from their beetle will board another beetle species in a pinch.
I don't know what benefit mites could provide for a longhorn beetle but they are considered helpful to dung and carrion beetles because they reduce competition for the beetle larvae from fly larvae by eating fly eggs and newly hatched maggots.
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Jim McClarin
, 26 August, 2008 - 5:51pm
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