
	Description
	Banded longhorn beetle is a robust, moderate-sized, flower long-horned beetle. The male is ⅜″ to 9 ⁄16″ (9 to 14 mm), the female slightly larger, ⅜″ to ⅝″ (10 to 16 mm) in length. It is common in eastern North America from Nova Scotia to Manitoba south to Arkansas and South Carolina. The hard plate covering the first segment of the thorax (pronotum) is black, a little wider than long, narrower in front, and broader in back. There is a narrow dense line of gold hairs at the front and back edges on the pronotum. The hard wing coverings (elytra) more than twice as long as wide, They are broad in the front and taper evenly and strongly to the back. They are reddish to black with four yellow bands that may be reduced to spots on some individuals. The head and antennae are black. The head is vertical and is deeply impressed behind the eyes. The antennae have 11 segments. The legs are pale. -------------------------------------- The above description refers to subspecies velutinus, the only subspecies found in Minnesota.

	Size
	Male: ⅜″ to 9 ⁄16″ Female: ⅜″ to ⅝″

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	Habitat
	Woodland openings, fields adjacent to woodlands


	Biology
	Season
	May to September

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


	Larva Food
	Moist, dead wood

	Adult Food
	Nectar and pollen of flowers


	Taxonomy
	Order	Coleoptera (beetles)
	Suborder	Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
	Infraorder	Cucujiformia
	Superfamily	Chrysomeloidea (long-horned and allies)
	Family	Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
	Subfamily	Lepturinae (flower longhorn beetles)
	Tribe	Lepturini
	Genus	Typocerus

	Subordinate Taxa
	banded longhorn beetle (Typocerus velutinus nobilis) banded longhorn beetle (Typocerus velutinus velutinus)

	Synonyms


	Common Names
	banded longhorn banded longhorn beetle

Glossary

Elytra

The hardened or leathery forewings on an insect used to protect the fragile hindwings, which are used for flying, in beetles and true bugs

Pronotum

The exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.


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	This one was sipping nectar and are pretty shy to movement.



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	Banded Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae: Typocerus) Carl Barrentine

	About Published on Jul 22, 2009 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (22 July 2009).



	Banded Longhorn Beetle - August 10, 2013 Don Gagnon

	About Published on Aug 10, 2013 Banded Longhorn (Typocerus velutinus), Nectaring Lemony Yellow Dahlia, Butterfly Garden, Gagnon Wildlife Habitat, Pottersville, Somerset, Massachusetts, Saturday morning, August 10, 2013, 9:27 AM - Canon PowerShot SX50 HS MVI_39483; 5:35 min.



	Banded Long-horn Beetle (Cerambycidae: Typocerus velutinus) on Blossom Carl Barrentine

	About Published on Jul 21, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (21 July 2010).

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Bonnie K 6/27/2022	Location: Coal City Indiana



Greg Watson 7/9/2021	Location: in my backyard in La Crescent, MN



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Alfredo Colon 8/17/2018	Location: Woodbury, Minnesota



Bill Reynolds 7/15/2017	Location: Pennington Co. MN This one was sipping nectar and are pretty shy to movement.



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