Longhorn Beetle - Parandra (Neandra) brunnea
Live adult longhorn beetle photographed at Winfield IL August 22, 2005.
Order Coleoptera / Suborder Polyphaga / Infraorder Cucujiformia / Superfamily Chrysomeloidea / Family Cerambycidae - Longhorn beetles
Parandra (Neandra) brunnea (Fabricius, 1779) is a common North American species. This beetle stumped me at first - a longhorn masquerading as a stag beetle.
Live adult longhorn beetles photographed at Winfield IIlinois USA.
The Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles or long-horned beetles) is a cosmopolitan family of beetles characterized by their extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. There are over 20,000 species described. Many longhorns are serious agricultural pests, as their larvae have the unfortunate habit of boring wood. The Asian Longhorn beetle, for instance has been responsible for the preventive destruction of thousands of trees in Northern Illinois and other locations in the United States.

Longhorn Beetle


Antennae give Longhorns their common name

 
 

  

              
 
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