Clytus ruricola
 
Location: Red Deer, AB
Date: June 25, 2009		                
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Clytus ruricola
Common Name:  Round-necked Longhorn

Latin Name:  Clytus ruricola, Olivier 1795
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length: 10 - 15 mm

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Deciduous forests

Time of year seen: May to August

Diet:

Other: Clytus ruricola has a black body with well defined yellow bands of which the middle U-shaped band is distinctive.  The adult beetles are wasp mimics.  The larva feed on rotting hardwood with a preference for maple. (Yanega, 1996 & Eaton et al, 2007))
Photo courtesy G. Brousseau ©2009.
     
                    
         

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