Steeler Fan?

BugEZ · Post by **BugEZ** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:14 am

This insect was on a flower several weeks ago. I caputred him the night before our first frost. The colors suggest Pittsburg Steeler to me...

Keith

120 shots, . 50mm Pentax Macro lens on extension tubes, F5.6 with buddy lens 7.5X magnifier 1.5 sec exposure..LED lighting 4.5X effective magnification.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:49 am

Lovely creature! This looks like one of the long-horned wood boring beetles, family Cerambycidae. I have no idea about the ID, any closer than family.

--Rik

BugEZ · Post by **BugEZ** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:57 pm

Rik,

Thanks for the clue on the ID. Unfortunately the antenna were brittle and departed before I made a dorsal view.

Megacyllene robiniae - Locust Borer

Keith