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Wood Borer- Ponderosa Pine.
Copyright © 2009 BuddhaKat

Wood Borer- Ponderosa Pine.
Antelope Lake, Plumas County, California, USA
May 1, 2009
Size: 1.5" x .375" dia.
This came out of a Ponderosa Pine tree that had been through a fire and cut down approximately 2 years ago. This log had been sitting on a deck for two years that I know of. This bug bored a rather large cavity into the tree, about the size of a human thumb. I may just let this mature to see what comes out of the pupae.
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Contributed by BuddhaKat on 4 May, 2009 - 4:59pm
Last updated 3 July, 2009 - 7:28am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 3 July, 2009 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

Cerambycid pupa
This is a pupa of a long-horned beetle, and given that it is large and was found in a pine, I would guess a pine sawyer (Monochamus). There may be other options I'm unaware of though.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2009 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you called it right.
I think you called it right. Based on the info you provided I was able to research this little guy in some detail. It's a Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle, one of the longhorn beetles we have around this area. Quite a handsome guy, even the adult.

Thank you for your help.
… BuddhaKat, 5 May, 2009 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
Follow up
Unfortunately, the pupa died and I wasn't able to see what it was for sure. However, a few weeks after we found this little guy one of my employees discovered a mature Japanese Sawyer Beetle in the same wood pile. He brought it to me. Interesting creature. It was extremely aggressive, biting anything that moved. I put it in a jar that had a couple of other beetles in it and it immediately killed them both. Even though this insect is fairly benign in the wild I decided it shouldn't be released, so I put it in a jar with a female Black Widow. The Widow won.
… BuddhaKat, 3 July, 2009 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

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