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Division of Arthropods
Museum of Southwestern Biology
1 University of New Mexico
MSC03-2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Division of Arthropods
Museum of Southwestern Biology
302 Yale Blvd NE
CERIA 83, Room 204
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Female. (Photo by D.C. Lightfoot)
Hexapoda, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Plectrodera scalator
Description: Large elongate black and white beetle with very long black and white banded antennae.
Geographic Distribution: Throughout southern and eastern New Mexico. Native.
Habitats: Specific to cottonwood trees. The larvae live in and feed on dead wood of cottonwood trees.
Biology: Adults occur in the mid-summer, larvae are present in wood year round.
Health/pest Status: Not pests, cottonwood long-horned borers feed on already dead cottonwood. The do not attack dry building wood.