Insects and Spiders - native

Yellow Douglas-fir borer (Centrodera spurca) on Jul 31, 2024

Submitter has sample

Description of specimen

It looked like a Douglas fir boring beeetle. Yellow ish tan beetle body, reddish brown dot on the sides. I didn’t get a photo

Commentary

Thank you for your report! Without an image it is difficult to identify insects. Your description fits the Douglas-fir borer, which is native and not a pest.

Tom Valente
Aug. 8, 2024, 8:24 a.m.

Location

I found it in my kitchen ( we leave the kitchen men door open a lot) in the town of Cascade locks, near the edge of town where the highway backs against the mark o’Hatfield Forest

Expert Reviewer

Tom Valente
Oregon Department of Agriculture

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