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Hairy cerambycid - Calopus angustus
Copyright © 2008 Marius Aurelian

Hairy cerambycid - Calopus angustus
14.1 km S of Lytton, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
May 11, 2008
A relatively hairy cerambycid attracted to lights. It didn't stay for long, just enough for me to take a couple of pictures of it. After that it got lost into the night, never to be seen again...
Contributed by Marius Aurelian on 26 May, 2008 - 4:22pm
Last updated 31 May, 2008 - 2:29pm

Calopus angustatus ?
Not a Cerambycidae but an Oedemeridae ; probably Calopus angustatus. I'm just not sure if they are any other species from BC that can be confused with C. angustatus.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 26 May, 2008 - 5:13pm

 
Thanks
Thanks for your help, i really appreciate it. Do you happen to know what is the major difference between Oedemerids and Cerambycids?
… Marius Aurelian, 27 May, 2008 - 1:10pm

 
The Oedemeridae have 5 easily
The Oedemeridae have 5 easily visible tarsomeres on the front and mid legs (visible even on the picture) when Cerambycidae appears to have 4 tarsomeres (in fact they have 5, but the 4th is really small and generally very hard to see).
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 27 May, 2008 - 4:54pm

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