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Species Megacyllene caryae - Hickory Borer

 Beetle from West Virginia - Megacyllene caryae April visitor - Megacyllene caryae Hickory Borer -- October 2011, Lubbock, TX - Megacyllene caryae Megacyllene caryae  - Megacyllene caryae unknown, found on wood - Megacyllene caryae Megacyllene robiniae, Locust borer? females yellow stripes, males (presumably) white stripes - Megacyllene caryae - male - female Hickory borer? - Megacyllene caryae on felled Prosopis glandulosa - Megacyllene caryae
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 Clytini
Genus Megacyllene
Species caryae (Hickory Borer)
Other Common Names
Painted Hickory Borer(1)
Explanation of Names
Megacyllene caryae (Gahan 1908)
caryae 'of Carya' (referring to the tree genus which includes hickories and pecans)
Size
10‒20 mm(1)
Identification
elytral bands typically narrow and alternating white & yellow(1); metepisternum with white or yellow pubescence divided at middle(2)
Range
e.US (MA‒GA to WI‒KS‒TX) & ON; n.Mexico(2)(3)(4)
Season
mainly Mar‒May but also Sep‒Nov in TX(5)(BG data)
Food
larvae in newly dead hickory, and sometimes other hardwoods(1): Cercis canadensis, Gleditschia triacanthos (Caesalpiniaceae); Celtis (Cannabaceae); Quercus (Fagaceae); Carya, Juglans (Juglandaceae); Prosopis juliflora (Mimosaceae); Maclura pomifera, Morus rubra (Moraceae); Fraxinus americana (Oleaceae); Prunus (Rosaceae); Ulmus (Ulmaceae); Vitis (Vitaceae)(3)
Life Cycle
univoltine; adults emerge in spring to lay eggs beneath bark scales on logs cut the previous winter; larvae feed for several weeks then bore into the sapwood and later the heartwood, and pupate in the fall at the end of larval mine behind a wad of fibrous frass; overwinter as pupae(6)
Remarks
comes to lights(1)
See Also
M. robinae is active mainly Aug-Oct, is widely distributed, has all-yellow elytral markings, and metepisternum nearly completely covered in yellow pubescence(2)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
3.Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Col.) of Canada and United States of America, Parts I‒IV
Monné M.A., Nearns E.H. 2023. Available from https://cerambycids.com/catalog/.
4.The longhorn beetles (Col.: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction
Chapman E.G., Richards A.B., Dupuis J.R. 2022. Zootaxa 5229: 1–89.
5.The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
6.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.