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Species Brachyleptura vagans

Unidentified Flower Longhorn - Brachyleptura vagans a black and brown Flower longhorn - Brachyleptura vagans Brachyleptura vagans Orange-shouldered Black Beetle - Brachyleptura vagans another unknown beetle - Brachyleptura vagans Brachyleptura vagans Brachyleptura vagans? - Brachyleptura vagans Brachyleptura vagans? - Brachyleptura vagans
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Brachyleptura
Species vagans (Brachyleptura vagans)
Explanation of Names
Brachyleptura vagans (Olivier 1795)
vagans 'vagrant'
Size
8-12 mm
Identification
Amount of red on elytra variable but the umbone black. Typocerus lugubris is similarly colored, sometimes with umbone red but all-black antennae (vs banded in B. vagans). B. champlaini is very similar to B. vagans. See (1)
Range
e. NA(2)
Season
Apr-Aug; May-Jul in NC
Life Cycle
Larvae in decaying hardwoods and conifers(1)
See Also
Stictoleptura canadensis (Olivier)
n. & w. NA
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 26 March, 2004 - 6:49am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 November, 2022 - 7:10pm

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