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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Elaphidiini » Elaphidion » Spined Oak Borer (Elaphidion mucronatum)
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My First Entry - Elaphidion mucronatum
Copyright © 2018 Rachel Joy Duhon-Welsh

My First Entry - Elaphidion mucronatum
Gueydan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 10, 2018
Size: Approximately one inch
Here you can see what looks like 3 body parts. I would like to know if they bite and what their bite sites look like.

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Contributed by Rachel Joy Duhon-Welsh on 10 August, 2018 - 12:32am
Last updated 15 August, 2018 - 3:03pm

Moved
Moved from Long-horned Beetles.
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My First
I just want to mention that both times I have seen an adult one of this bug was at night with lamp on!!
… Rachel Joy Duhon-Welsh, 10 August, 2018 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

 
These beetles
often are drawn to light, as are many other kinds of insects. I think the vast majority of long-horned beetles I have photographed were at my porch light at night.

Cheers.
… Barbara Thurlow, 12 August, 2018 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

 
Longhorn beetles
I did figure it would be that but was not sure if would bite humans Thank you! I do hope someone tells me what species eactly!
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