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Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

beetle, several inches long, yellow tiger striped, long antennae

Habitat:

goldenrod meadow mid day

Notes:

feeding on goldenrod flowers, climbing up the plant stem and staying with mandibles in flowers, moving from flower to flower, flew away

Species ID Suggestions

Longhorn beetle

Megacyllene sp.

Reference Link
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Comments (1)
Kyle A
This looks like a Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae). Check the link to my spotting. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38486286

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2013

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