Stats

Lifespan

1-2 years

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Coniferous forest

Range

North America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

White-spotted Sawyer is a wood-boring beetle commonly found throughout North America. These tiny insects have been observed to be able to burrow through 12" of wood in 24 hours!

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Monochamus

Species

Monochamus scutellatus