A Pretty Pest - _TNY_6387
This beauty with the cool striped antennae is a small poplar borer (Saperda populnea).
The female makes a horseshoe-shaped cut, primarily on young aspen, and lays her egg in the incision. This develops into a gall from which the next generation makes an exit hole the next spring.
Shot at 1.4:1 magnification.
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Uploaded on July 31, 2020
Taken on June 28, 2020
A Pretty Pest - _TNY_6387
This beauty with the cool striped antennae is a small poplar borer (Saperda populnea).
The female makes a horseshoe-shaped cut, primarily on young aspen, and lays her egg in the incision. This develops into a gall from which the next generation makes an exit hole the next spring.
Shot at 1.4:1 magnification.
2,365
views
23
faves
21
comments
Uploaded on July 31, 2020
Taken on June 28, 2020