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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) » Desmocerini » Elderberry Longhorn Beetles (Desmocerus) » Elderberry Borer (Desmocerus palliatus)
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Blue & Yellow Beetle - Desmocerus palliatus
Copyright © 2007 Mardon Erbland

Blue & Yellow Beetle - Desmocerus palliatus
47.6320N 52.678W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 7, 2007
Size: 19 mm head to wing tips
Several of these were on an American Golden Elderberry bush at a plant nursery. I brought this one home for the photographs.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 7 July, 2009 - 5:25pm

Desmocerus palliatus - Elderberry Borer
This is Desmocerus palliatus - Elderberry Borer, and it's host plant is elderberry. A beautiful longhorn to be sure!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 7 July, 2009 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks for the quick reply and ID. Much appreciated.
… Mardon Erbland, 7 July, 2009 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

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