Longhorn beetle

It's a good thing I was wearing my x-ray glasses, other wise I might not have seen this one.

comments (6)

Christine Young

Lion

Impressive spot! And, what an unusual common name, lol. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
1. Paul Dirksen
  
  Lion
  
  Thank a lot Christine, sometimes I think that the one who named these beetles are not dealing with a full deck. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    Haha, for sure. Ferdy's list of Epic Species Names always gives me a good laugh:
    
    Epic species names
    Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Pudding4brains
      
      Lion
      
      Hate to be a party pooper, but this is Rhagium inquisitor. To soften the shock a little, I have now added a vernacular name for that species too, but it's nowhere near as "epic" as "Blackspotted pliers support beetle": Just "Ribbed pine borer".
      Cheers, Arp Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Arp!! Better to have a correct ID...I suppose ;P. Just kidding, of course. Glad you caught this!
        
        And, "Ribbed Pine Borer" is a fine common name, if not as comical as "Blackspotted pliers support beetle". Posted 5 years ago
      2. Paul Dirksen
        
        Lion
        
        I only can be thankful for that Arp, thnx a lot. Posted 5 years ago

The Ribbed Pine Borer

"Rhagium inquisitor" is a species of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of "Systema Naturae". It is distributed widely in the Holarctic, and its larvae burrow into the wood of larch, pine, spruce, birch and oak trees.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Pudding4brains