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Getting a good shot is always satisfying, but I won't lie and deny that this "collecting" species is part of the fun.
Here, I managed to photograph two new species for me in a single shot. The black and yellow one is a flower lonhorn known as Judolia sexmaculata) which doesn't have a common English name. And the blue one is a
Gaurotes virginea, also without a common English name.
This is from a 2024 visit to the Mjällådalen nature reserve somewhat near Härnösand, Sweden.
pollen feeding on Knautia arvensis
1st observation for the garden
The Mountain Flower Longhorn Beetle is seen here feeding on nectar and pollen of Mountain deathcamas (Anticlea elegans). The beetle's range is described as 'boreal North America'. The plant is extremely poisonous to humans and stock.
Natural closeup on the Speckled Longhorn Beetle, Judolia cerambyciformis on a white Heracleum sphondylium flower
Possibly Evodinus monticola (or Judolia?) Heliotrope Ridge road in Whatcom County, WA, July 8, 2020.
Sequoia National Forest, Kern County, California
Three-banded Longhorn Beetle
(Judolia sexmaculata)
Engesberg,
Gävle,
Sweden
Three-banded Longhorn Beetle
(Judolia sexmaculata)
Engesberg,
Gävle,
Sweden
