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Go DeeDee! Go Kaufmann! (That IS a very useful book.)Go Longhorns!?
TB -
It is one of the Long-horned Beetles, Typocerus velutinus. It’s one of the “Flower Long-horns” feeding on pollen. Feeding on pollen of Yarrow or Achillea millefolium (non native.) I just purchased the “Kaufmann Field Guide to Insects of North America.” Very handy!
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Go DeeDee! Go Kaufmann! (That IS a very useful book.)Go Longhorns!?
TB
Deedee Burnside
It is one of the Long-horned Beetles, Typocerus velutinus. It’s one of the “Flower Long-horns” feeding on pollen. Feeding on pollen of Yarrow or Achillea millefolium (non native.) I just purchased the “Kaufmann Field Guide to Insects of North America.” Very handy!