Japanese Longhorned Beetle
The beetle that I have chosen is the Japanese Longhorned Beetle, also known as Callidiellum rufipenne. It is a wood bearing beetle our of East Asia origin that was first detected in North America in 1927 at Vancouver, BC, and in Seattle, WA around 1954. In its native atmosphere, the Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle is considered a secondary pest, because it only attacks weak, dead, or rotting wood. The genus of the Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle, which is Callidiellum, actually contains three different species. In North America it's cupressi from coastal California, viridescens from Arizona, and the already mentioned rufipenne. Callidiem rufipenne is known to come from East Asia, ranging from China, Korea, Sakhalin, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands. Also even found in Taiwan, where the beetle is thought to have been accidentally introduced by some sort human of transportation. Also due to timber import
The newly hatched larvae enter the bark, making shallow tunnels. New York: 1996. Just prior to their pupation the mature larvae go right through into the wood of the host tree and construct their pupation chambers parallel to the grain. There they will feed beneath the bark. As just explained the greater part of the larvae life is spent boring through and between the bark and wood of the tree. Field Guide to Northeastern Lonhorned Beetles. This is where the damage that was not expected to come from the Japanese Longhorned beetle appears. The females' will lay and average of 18 eggs over about a 14-day period. I now know more of how beetles contribute to the ecosystem in. The damage is unseen and thus unknown till the exterior of the infested tree contains exit holes from adults emerging in the spring. Their adult life spans range from about 16-18 days. In matter of fact many shipments of Japanese cedar were found to have the Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle in it, but since the beetle was a secondary pest, it wasn't thought of as a major treat considering a secondary threat meant it only would disturb dying pieces of wood.
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