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Genus Batyle

longhorned beetle - Batyle ignicollis Batyle suturalis Long-horned beetle  - Batyle ignicollis Batyle suturalis small red bug or beetle hiding under black-eyed susan head - Batyle suturalis Longhorned Beetle - Batyle ignicollis Unknown long-horned beetles - Batyle suturalis - male - female Batyle ignicollis? - Batyle ignicollis
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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Batyle
Explanation of Names
Batyle Thomson 1864
Numbers
4 spp. (with numerous subspecies) in our area, 5 spp. total(1)
Size
7-13 mm
Range
Canada (QC-AB) to Mexico(1)
Food
Larvae feed on branches/twigs of trees or shrubs, or on stems of herbaceous plants, depending on species; adults typically feed on flowers(2)
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.