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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 » Hylotrupini » Hylotrupes » Old House Borer (Hylotrupes bajulus)

Species Hylotrupes bajulus - Old House Borer

Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus) - Hylotrupes bajulus

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 Hylotrupini

Genus Hylotrupes

Species bajulus (Old House Borer)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Cerambyx bajulus Linnaeus 1758

Size

adult 8-20 mm(1), mature larva ~30 mm(2)

Range

adventive to e. US / Mex. - Map (3), native to Europe, also spread to Argentina, S. Africa, Australia (2)(4)

Habitat

outside Eurasia found almost always in household situations; in w. Europe and S. Africa, in tree stumps and dead branches. In the US, found in lumber stored outdoors, but not in natural habitats(2)

Season

mostly Jun-Aug (5)(3)

Life Cycle

life cycle takes 2-10 yrs, in structural wood usually 3–5 yrs; adult females live ~10 days, males ~15 days(2)

Eggs are laid in fan-shaped clusters or in rows and layers in holes or tight crevices. Young larvae feed near the surface, older ones bore into the sapwood.(6)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

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

2.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

5.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

6.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 August, 2009 - 5:56pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 29 July, 2023 - 1:22pm

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