Metallic Fir Borer

Pseudogaurotina cressoni · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

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Metallic Fir Borer
Photo: Tom Kennedy, CC BY

The Metallic Fir Borer is a long-horned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae. It occurs in Canada and the United States. Its native range is Canada and the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The Metallic Fir Borer belongs to the long-horned beetle family, subfamily Lepturinae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in Canada and the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes Canada and the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 9 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Oregon, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Utah, California, Idaho, New Mexico.

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

Metallic Fir Borer photo 2
Photo: Hopper Museum, CC BY
Metallic Fir Borer photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Metallic Fir Borer photo 4
Photo: Toby, CC BY
Metallic Fir Borer photo 5
Photo: Luke Padon, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where is the Metallic Fir Borer found?

It occurs in Canada and the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

What family does the Metallic Fir Borer belong to?

It is a long-horned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Cerambycidae)

House LonghornHouse LonghornHylotrupes bajulusCan damage your homeAsian Longhorned BeetleAsian Longhorned BeetleAnoplophora glabripennisDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Milkweed BeetleRed Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmusWhite-spotted SawyerWhite-spotted SawyerMonochamus scutellatusCan damage your homeRed Pine Longhorn BeetleRed Pine Longhorn BeetleStictoleptura rubraSpotted Longhorn BeetleSpotted Longhorn BeetleRutpela maculata

Sources

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

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

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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