Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Prioninae » Callipogonini » Trichocnemis » Ponderous Borer (Trichocnemis spiculatus)

Species Trichocnemis spiculatus - Ponderous Borer

Ponderosa Pine Borer - Trichocnemis spiculatus - female Large cerambycid - Trichocnemis spiculatus Female Ponderous Borer - Trichocnemis spiculatus - female Prionini sp. - Trichocnemis spiculatus - female large unknown beetle - Trichocnemis spiculatus - female Trichocnemis spiculatus ? - Trichocnemis spiculatus ?California Root Borer (Prionus californicus) - Trichocnemis spiculatus Arizona Cerambycid for ID - Trichocnemis spiculatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
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
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 31 August, 2006 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 10:26am

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 © 2003-2022 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: