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Thick-arrow Flower Longhorned Beetle
Xestoleptura crassicornis
47.3093, -122.321
Field Notes
Description:
Xestoleptura is one of several genera in the tribe Lepturini recognizable for its species yellow and black-striped elytra. This is the variant #2 of Xestoleptura crassicornis which is characterized by a black thorax and head. Variant #1 has a yellowish - orange thorax and head. Both have a glossy elytra with similar patterns.
Habitat:
Spotted in the backyard on a grape leaf. Range is Western North America to Southern California.
Notes:
One of the interesting characteristics of this Flower longhorned beetle is it is attracted to plant volatiles, especially blue elderberry (Sambucus nigra cerulea) - in Northern California.
Reference Links:
Species Xestoleptura crassicornis - BugGuide.Net
Species ID Suggestions
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
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