Report #1271 - Report: Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris)

Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris) on Jul 16, 2013

Originally reported as Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

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Description of specimen

The beetle was about 3 inches long with very long antennae, black and white stripes horizontally across its backside and antennae. very weird looking, dozens of them in the area that are said to land on the white roll up door when the sun is up

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Brandon, is the photo you provided an actual photo you took, or is it a picture from a website? The reason I ask is that there is a native beetle in Oregon that looks a lot like the invasive Asian longhorned beetle (the banded alder borer) - http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/bpp/insect_clinic/images/Banded%2520Alder%2520Borer.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/bpp/insect_clinic/commonsubmissions.htm&h=385&w=545&sz=201&tbnid=PCSmIRROqqgl4M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=127&zoom=1&usg=__8EFosDv8cgf5doSCYd2aSTacU-E=&docid=XwNfSC5PNzsYPM&sa=X&ei=ZJn2UbusCbHyigKK94GoBw&ved=0CEQQ9QEwBg&dur=2986

Lisa DeBruyckere
July 29, 2013, 2:34 a.m.

No. It turned out to be the banded alder borer, the pic was just a google grab

Reporter
July 29, 2013, 8:24 a.m.

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im a delivery driver, here today i was shown this strange beetle in a cup that, according to the guy working in this paint vault storage room. Land on his door daily by the dozens, fly into his room and die. The beetle was about 3 inches long with very long antennae, black and white stripes horizontally across its backside and antennae. very weird looking. Quick research lead me to the Dept of Agri reporting line. They are said to be flying in from the forest across the field

Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris) on Jul 16, 2013

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