Bug FAQFour-spotted Hickory Borer
Heterachthes quadrimaculatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae
The four-spotted hickory borer is a long-horned beetle (Cerambycidae). It lives on shagbark hickory (Carya glabra). The species was first described by Haldeman in 1847.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It belongs to the beetle family Cerambycidae.
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Where it lives
Its host plant is shagbark hickory (Carya glabra).
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It feeds on the shagbark hickory tree.
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Life cycle
It was described by Haldeman in 1847.
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Where it comes from
It was described by Haldeman in 1847.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 32 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Maryland, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
What tree does the four-spotted hickory borer use as its host?
It uses shagbark hickory (Carya glabra) as its host plant.
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When was the four-spotted hickory borer first described?
It was first described by Haldeman in 1847.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Cerambycidae)
House LonghornHylotrupes bajulusCan damage your home
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Red Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmus
White-spotted SawyerMonochamus scutellatusCan damage your home
Red Pine Longhorn BeetleStictoleptura rubra
Spotted Longhorn BeetleRutpela maculataSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterachthes_quadrimaculatus
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