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Banded Alder Borer Beetle

Rosalia funebris

Description:

Banded Alder Borer - Like many others in the family Cerambycidae, R. funebris has strikingly colored wing covers (elytra). The elytra are dark with three white bands. The thorax (pronotum) is white with a large black spot. The alder borer's antennae are banded white and black. The male's antennae are longer than his body, but the female's are shorter. Long and narrow, the body of R. funebris may grow to be 38 millimetres (1.5 in).

Habitat:

Located along western North America, Alaska through California, and in New Mexico,[1] the banded alder borer may be found in the spring and summer on the bark of alder trees.

Notes:

This poor guy only had one antenna left.

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DebbieFoster
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DebbieFoster

British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Aug 3, 2014
Submitted on Aug 4, 2014

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