Flower Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lepturinae) on Aug 1, 2022
Submitter does not have a specimen
Description of specimen
Black Beetle, although one had more of a greenish-yellow iridescent shell.
Those are longhorned beetles, and not bees. You saw 2 species of native "flower longhorns": the larger darker ones are Pachyta armata, and the smaller yellow one is the Golden flower longhorn, Lepturobosca chrysocoma. Neither species is a pest. Thanks for being on the lookout!
Tom Valente
Aug. 1, 2022, 9:21 a.m.