Linden Borer

Saperda vestita · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

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Linden Borer
Photo: Zachary Dankowicz, CC BY

The linden borer lives in Canada and the United States. It feeds on the American basswood tree (Tilia americana).

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Eats the leaves of Tilia americana, the American basswood.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Found in Canada and the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 25 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Vermont, New York.

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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Source: GBIF

More photos

Linden Borer photo 2
Photo: Zachary Dankowicz, CC BY
Linden Borer photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Linden Borer photo 4
Photo: Brett Ortler, CC BY
Linden Borer photo 5
Photo: Whitney Mattila, CC BY

Questions people ask

What does the linden borer eat?

It feeds on the American basswood tree (Tilia americana).

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Cerambycidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saperda_vestita

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.

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