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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Elaphidiini » Parelaphidion » Parelaphidion aspersum
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Longhorn Beetle - Parelaphidion aspersum
Copyright © 2005 Jane Wyche

Longhorn Beetle - Parelaphidion aspersum
Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina, USA
August 12, 2005
Size: apx.3/4"
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Contributed by Jane Wyche on 13 August, 2005 - 5:33pm
Last updated 27 December, 2007 - 10:44am

Moved
Moved from Oak Borer.
… john and jane balaban, 27 December, 2007 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

possible E. cortiphagus
From the size and overall appearance my guess is that it is Enaphalodes cortiphagus, the Oak-bark Scarrer. Adult flight is July through September.
… Guy A. Hanley, 14 August, 2005 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Enaphalodes atomarius
I think this is a female Enaphalodes atomarius. E. cortiphagus tends to have much denser light grey pubescence. Also the humeral puntures on cortiphagus are not so large (you can actually see some of the punctures in the photo). In Maryland I've found atomarius to be much more common than cortiphagus
… Frank Guarnieri, 29 October, 2005 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Longhorn beetles
Frank, Thanks for your comments on both longhorn beetles.
Sorry to say we did not save the Goes tigrinus from its fate with the spider. We let nature take its course. We do love spiders here.
… Jane Wyche, 31 October, 2005 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
This is...
...a species of Parelaphidion, prob. P. aspersum.
… Ted C. MacRae, 16 May, 2007 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

 
longhorn beetle
What identifying features should I look for to make this ID?
Thanks,
Jane
… Jane Wyche, 16 May, 2007 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
shiny ridge
Parelaphidion has a shiny rigde in the middle of the pronotum. I'm not really seeing that here. I still think it is Enaphlodes atomarius.
… Frank Guarnieri, 3 December, 2012 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you.
… Jane Wyche, 4 December, 2012 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

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