Fermenting-bait-trap

Guides

• Purpuricenus paraxillaris

  White Oak Branch Girdler

  Purpuricenus paraxillaris is a large, showy longhorned beetle (family Cerambycidae) described by Ted C. MacRae in 2000 from specimens collected in Missouri. It was the first new species discovered by the author using fermenting bait traps. The species closely resembles P. axillaris but is larger and more robust, with reddish rather than pale orange elytral markings, more developed pronotal tubercles with polished apical lines, and distinctly dentate elytral apices. It is attracted to fermenting baits and has been documented across the eastern United States.

  Cerambycidaelonghorned-beetlenew-speciesfermenting-bait-trapoak-specialistTed-MacRae2000Missourieastern-North-Americawood-boring-beetleTrachyderini

• Sarosesthes fulminans

  Fulminating Long-horned Beetle

  Sarosesthes fulminans is a North American long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It belongs to the tribe Clytini and has been recorded from Canada and the United States. The species has been collected using fermenting bait traps, a method commonly employed for cerambycid beetles. It is one of several desirable species targeted by collectors using this technique.

  CerambycidaeClytinilong-horned-beetlefermenting-bait-trapNorth-America