Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

National Moth Week photos of insects and people. Here's how to add your images.

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 BugGuide Gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Discussion, insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12

Photos of insects and people from the 2014 gathering in Virginia, June 4-7.

Photos of insects and people from the 2013 gathering in Arizona, July 25-28

Photos of insects and people from the 2012 gathering in Alabama

Photos of insects and people from the 2011 gathering in Iowa
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Long-horned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Xylotrechus » Arrowhead Borer (Xylotrechus sagittatus)
Photo#64046
Longhorn with pseudoscorpions - Xylotrechus sagittatus
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Longhorn with pseudoscorpions - Xylotrechus sagittatus
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
July 14, 2006
Found at a light and brought in for some shots.
Detail of the hitchikers:
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Sean McCann on 15 July, 2006 - 7:07am
Last updated 15 July, 2006 - 1:34pm

I just noticed
that there's some other arthropodian life form hanging off the abomen near its terminus and yet another pseudoscorpion clinging to the left mesotibia.
… Jim McClarin, 17 August, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

I missed seeing this earlier.
Great content, Sean!
… Jim McClarin, 23 September, 2006 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

How about Neoclytus cordifer
How about Neoclytus cordifer?
… Nicolas Gompel, 15 July, 2006 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

 
I am not sure. Perhaps Xylot
I am not sure. Perhaps
Xylotrechus sagittatus sagittatus is closer. What do you think?
http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Coleoptera/Mike/FloridaCerambycids/Xylotrechus_sagittatus.htm
… Sean McCann, 15 July, 2006 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

 
X. sagittatus
This looks like S. sagittatus to me--see images on guide page.

Fascinating photos. Those pseudoscorpions are so large just to be hitching a ride.
… Cotinis, 15 July, 2006 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
...
Thanks! I thought the pattern a bit subdued for the Neoclytus.
… Sean McCann, 15 July, 2006 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

man your shots
are CRISP
… Omar Fahmy, 15 July, 2006 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

 
...
Thanks! That of course is a "studio shot" (meaning on my table).
… Sean McCann, 15 July, 2006 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2021 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact