{"id":2200,"date":"2015-07-02T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2015-07-02T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T16:18:34","slug":"banded-longhorn-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/07\/02\/banded-longhorn-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Banded Longhorn Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The banded longhorn beetle is a North American flower longhorn beetle.
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Banded longhorn beetle (Typocerus velutinus<\/em>), Milliken Park<\/a>, Toronto<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The adult banded longhorn beetles eat nectar from flowers while the larvae live on decaying wood.<\/p>\n

The color pattern of the adult banded longhorn beetle is likely a case of mimicry — the beetle pretends to be a wasp so that predators leave it alone.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nBlack and Yellow Longhorn Beetle<\/a> — The Backyard Arthropod Project<\/a>.
\nBanded Longhorn Flower Beetle (Typocerus velutinus<\/em>)<\/a>.
\nFlower Longhorn Beetles<\/a> on the Living With Insects Blog<\/a>.
\nSpecies Typocerus velutinus<\/em> – Banded Longhorn<\/a> on BugGuide.Net<\/a>.
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