Insects and Spiders - native

Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris) on Sep 3, 2025

Submitter has sample

Description of specimen

asian Longhorned beetle

Commentary

Thank you for your report! This is not ALB, it is a native longhorn beetle, Rosalia funebris, the Banded alder borer. Their grubs feed in dead branches of red alder and some other forest trees. They are not tree killers.

Tom Valente
Sept. 4, 2025, 9:46 a.m.