Thursday, October 8, 2009

Locust Borer

Megacyllene robiniae

A serious pest of black locust trees (which we have). The adults emerge in late August and early September and feed on pollen. This one was eating sunflower pollen but usually they like goldenrod. We have both. Identified at bugguide.net.

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