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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Monochamini » Sawyers (Monochamus) » White-spotted Sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus)
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Beetle with small round brown objects around neck - Monochamus scutellatus
Copyright © 2012 Wildlife Sightings

Beetle with small round brown objects around neck - Monochamus scutellatus
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 14, 2012
Size: body about 2cm long
Spotted this slow moving beetle in my back yard , looked like it was about to fly away when my dog got close.
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Contributed by Wildlife Sightings on 16 June, 2012 - 9:27am
Last updated 11 July, 2012 - 2:46pm

Monochamus s. scutellatus (Say)
Correct, this is Monochamus s. scutellatus (Say).
… Christopher Majka, 2 February, 2013 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 11 July, 2012 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Monochamus scutellatus w/a load of phoretic mites
common sight
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… v belov, 16 June, 2012 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for id help
Thanks for the id help, the phoretic mites id was a bonus, hard to believe the beetle isn't harmed by them.
… Wildlife Sightings, 17 June, 2012 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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