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Molorchus bimaculatus - male
Copyright © 1990 Stephen Cresswell

Molorchus bimaculatus - Male
Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
April 27, 1990
Nice early Spring find on apple blossoms. Males have antennae longer than the body; female's antennae are about 3/4 body length.
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 11 September, 2004 - 8:14am

Neat--I've seen this too in North Carolina
I saw and photographed this same species, I think, this spring in North Carolina. It was on Flowering Dogwood, just as you've shown here. I wasn't able to puzzle it out. Thanks, and excellent photo, incidentally.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 September, 2004 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
All Credit to Yanega
I give all the credit to Yanega! What a neat longhorn, very unusual with those short elytra. They seem to feed widely on flowers; my photo is actually apple blossom, though those petal tips do look deceptively like dogwood. Dillon & Dillon mention Wild Cherry and Sumac as two favorite flowers of this species.

I've been enjoying your recent posts, by the way. Keep them coming!

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 11 September, 2004 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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