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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) » Flower Longhorns (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Strangalia » Bicolored Flower Longhorn (Strangalia bicolor)

Species Strangalia bicolor - Bicolored Flower Longhorn

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Strangalia
Species bicolor (Bicolored Flower Longhorn)
Size
10-14 mm
Identification
A narrow Strangalia with black elytra and tan thorax.
Range
Central and Eastern United States
Habitat
Deciduous forests and adjacent meadows
Season
May-July
Food
Adults visit flowers, take nectar and/or pollen.
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on decaying maple, oak wood.
Remarks
Does not have the zebra pattern like other flower lonhorns. Is it mimicking something else, such as a Bombardier beetle?
Print References
Dillon, p. 623, plate LXII #1 (1)
Yanega, p. 29, fig. 54 (2)
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 27 pinned, including specimens from that state.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park--checklist
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 4:48pm
Last updated 27 January, 2006 - 10:05pm

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