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BLACK AND WHITE BUG OR BEETLE

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Date: 08/07/05
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lorrken25

Registered: 08/2005
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 This black and white bug is approximately 1 and 1/2 inches long
Found It!!
Banded Alder Borer Rosalia funebris

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Banded Alder Borer


Family: Cerambycidae, Long-horned Beetles view all from this family

Description 1-1 1/2" (25-38 mm). Prothorax whitish with large bluish-gray spot at center, sharp points at sides. Elytra have 3 bluish-gray bands, 3 whitish bands, and 2 small whitish dots. Head black. Antennae long, bluish gray and white with black tips.

Food Larva feeds on California laurel, Oregon ash, and New Mexico willow.

Life Cycle Eggs are laid on bark. Larvae tunnel inward, later prepare pupal chambers.

Habitat Forests and woods.

Range California to Alaska, also New Mexico.

Discussion This striking beetle is recognized easily, but its life cycle is still not fully known.
08-08-2005 12:12AM View lorrken25's Profile View lorrken25's Gallery