Cerambycidae

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

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
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
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.

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.

Necydalis cavipennis

Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

This individual came to a black light in late May.

Tetraopes sp.

Santa Ysabel Preserve

Observed on milkweed (Asclepias sp.) in June.