Cerambycidae: Longhorned Beetles
Tragosoma pilosicorne
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Tragosoma pilosicorne
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
As of 2016, I have only observed two specimens of this species at my patio black light.
Prionus californicus
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus californicus
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus californicus
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
A large reddish male, but with 12 antennal segments, so it is P. californicus, and not P. lecontei (which has 13 antennal segments).
Prionus californicus
Female
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus lecontei
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus lecontei
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus lecontei
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus lecontei
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus lecontei
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Prionus lecontei
Female
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
The pictured female was the first female of this species I had seen. She was found several feet up clinging to a black light sheet in early August.
Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
Female
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
Female
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Phymatodes grandis
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Phymatodes nitidus
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This individual was beaten from a recently dead live oak on a cool, damp day in May.
Brothylus gemmulatus
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This individual came to a black light in spring.
Brothylus gemmulatus
Pair
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This pair was seen in early June on a warm night, attracted to a black light.
Aneflomorpha lineare
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This beetle came to a black light in summer.
Meganoplium imbelle
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This beetle came to a black light in summer.
Styloxus fulleri
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This beetle came to a black light in late spring.
Styloxus fulleri
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This beetle came to a black light in late spring.
Oeme costata, Male (left) and Female (right)
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
These beetles came to light in late spring. They were numerous 3-4 years after the Cedar Fire (in October of 2003), but became less so as the years passed.
Triodoclytus lanifer
Engineers Road, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This individual found on sunflower in June.
Centrodera spurca
Female
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Centrodera spurca
Male
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
Anastrangalia laetifica
Male
Engineers Road, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This individual was found on Common Yarrow.
Anastrangalia laetifica
Female
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
This individual was found on this mineral-encrusted rock in a bird bath. It turned out to be deceased.
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Necydalis cavipennis Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains This individual came to a black light in late May. |
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Necydalis cavipennis Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains This individual came to a black light in late May. |
