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Species Trichocnemis spiculatus - Ponderous Borer

Ergates spiculatus ? - Trichocnemis spiculatus Ergates spiculatus ? - Trichocnemis spiculatus Large Beetle - Trichocnemis spiculatus Trichocnemis spiculatus - male Large cerambycid - Trichocnemis spiculatus Ponderous Borer - Trichocnemis spiculatus ?California Root Borer (Prionus californicus) - Trichocnemis spiculatus Very large wood borer, possibly Trichocnemis spiculatus - Trichocnemis spiculatus
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 Prioninae
Tribe Callipogonini
Genus Trichocnemis
Species spiculatus (Ponderous Borer)
Other Common Names
Pine Sawyer, Western Pine Sawyer, Spined Woodborer, Ponderosa Pine Borer
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ergates spiculatus
Explanation of Names
Trichocnemis spiculatus LeConte 1851
Numbers
2 sspp., both in our area(1)
Range
w. NA(1)
Food
larvae chiefly in ponderosa pine and Douglas fir