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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 » Clytini » Xylotrechus » Willow Borer (Xylotrechus insignis)
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Chocolate brown, with yellow
Copyright © 2011 Marcela Freerks

Chocolate brown, with yellow "face" markings - Xylotrechus insignis
Kernville, Kern County, California, USA
June 3, 2011
Size: ~ 2 cm
This beautiful beetle posed for me on a datura (Jimson Weed) leaf...
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Contributed by Marcela Freerks on 17 June, 2011 - 9:14am
Last updated 17 June, 2011 - 2:31pm

Moved & cropped; nice bug, too --but no Clytus
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 17 June, 2011 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by I.P. Swift
… v belov, 17 June, 2011 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Clytus planifrons


Wait for expert confirmation/correction, though. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 June, 2011 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

 
Clytus yes
The lack of yellow basal markings on the pronotum may be significant, so I'd wait for a cerambycid specialist to confirm the species.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 June, 2011 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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