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Species Clytus ruricola

A seven-long-horn hike - Clytus ruricola

Cerambycidae: Clytus ruricola? - Clytus ruricola

Black with thin yellow marking - beetle - Cerambycidae ? - Clytus ruricola

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Clytini

Genus Clytus

Species ruricola (Clytus ruricola)

Explanation of Names

Clytus ruricola (Olivier 1795)

Size

10-15 mm(1)

Identification

U-shaped band is distinctive, though Xylotrechus schaefferi has a similar pattern but much shorter antennae

Range

e. NA(2)

Season

May-Aug(1)

Food

Larvae in decaying hardwoods, esp. maple (Acer)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

Contributed by Cotinis on 31 March, 2005 - 5:44am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 June, 2013 - 9:37am

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