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Wasp beetle Clytus arietis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clytus arietis
  • Location: Cambridge, England; on pear tree.

  • Date: 12 Jun 2001

  • Length: Head + body 13mm

  • Larvae live in dead and decaying timber

  • One of the long-horn family but lacks the typical very exaggerated antennae, perhaps enhancing the wasp-like mimicry.

Clytus arietis
  • Location: On a traffic sign near Heydon, Cambs. TL4242.

  • Date: 5 Jun 2008

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Leptura quadrifasciata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leptura quadrifasciata
  • Location: Banks of the River Lark, Cambridgeshire (Grid Ref. TL6180).

  • Date: 13 Aug 2007

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