• Spotted Pine Sawyer / Whitespotted Sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus): A large, native dark beetle with very long antennae and a distinct white spot behind the head. People often confuse it with the invasive Asian longhorned beetle, but the native sawyer has that characteristic single white dot.
• Ponderous Borer (Ergates spiculatus): A very large, reddish-brown or brownish beetle with spiky margins on the thorax. Large specimens found around urban areas like Boise are frequently ponderous borers or pine sawyers.
• Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris): A striking black-and-white banded longhorn beetle found in the region.
Man, it sucks I need to start wearing readers. I thought that last one saud Banded Anal Borer at first, and nobody wants an infestation of those bastards!
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u/ldr97266 8h ago
Oh yes you do!
• Spotted Pine Sawyer / Whitespotted Sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus): A large, native dark beetle with very long antennae and a distinct white spot behind the head. People often confuse it with the invasive Asian longhorned beetle, but the native sawyer has that characteristic single white dot.
• Ponderous Borer (Ergates spiculatus): A very large, reddish-brown or brownish beetle with spiky margins on the thorax. Large specimens found around urban areas like Boise are frequently ponderous borers or pine sawyers.
• Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris): A striking black-and-white banded longhorn beetle found in the region.