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Cerambycidae - Monochamus scutellatus
Copyright © 2006 Micki Killoran

Cerambycidae - Monochamus scutellatus
San Juan National Forest, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
June 4, 2006
Size: ~ 1" not counting antenna
This cerambycidae posed for me at our campground in the forest. Mostly aspens, with a few spruce trees in the area, around 9000' according to my gps unit. Anyone good at genus and species with these guys? My guide only goes to family.
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Contributed by Micki Killoran on 6 June, 2006 - 2:42pm
Last updated 4 December, 2006 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorned Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 December, 2006 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Monochamus sp.
probably this
… Phillip Harpootlian, 6 June, 2006 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Cerambycidae
Thanks. According to the distribution map, M. scutellatus isn't in Colorado, but I'm not that far from NM. The speckling looks more like the M. oregonensis, but the antennae are all black. I wonder if the males-have-all-black-antennae holds for this species as well. But it looks like Monochamus for sure. Micki Killoran
… Micki Killoran, 6 June, 2006 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
M. oregonensis a subspecies.
M. oregonensis is now generally regarded as a subspecies of M. scutellatus. The species should be found there, hugging the pine forests of the Rockies all the way to New Mexico.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2006 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

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