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Stictoleptura canadensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Stictoleptura
Species:	S. canadensis
Binomial name
Stictoleptura canadensis (Olivier, 1795)
Synonyms
Anoplodera canadensis (Olivier) Chagnon, 1933 Brachyleptura canadensis (Olivier) Casey, 1913 Leptura canadensis Olivier, 1795 Leptura cinnamoptera Haldeman, 1847 nec Randall, 1838 Leptura erythroptera Kirby, 1837 nec Hagenbach, 1822 Leptura tenuicornis Haldeman, 1847

Stictoleptura canadensis, commonly known as the red-shouldered pine borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae found in Canada and the United States.

Habitat

Larvae

The larvae feed on dead, or decaying wood, but sometimes use a living plant as a host. Girdlers eat living branches or twigs. The larvae move freely through the soil, feeding upon roots, or tunneling under the root crown.

Adult

The adults feed on flowers. Every adult have different feeding requirement, some may like sap, while others, may prefer bark, leaves, blossoms, fruits, or fungi. Some even drink water only. In a temperate climate, the species life span, as a larva, is 1–3 years. However, cycles of 2–3 months, even decades have been recorded. Adult beetles quickly emerge, later disperse, following by reproduction, and death, all which takes from 3 days to couple of months.

References

1. Insects of Alberta
2. ^ Common name and Habitat
3. "Stictoleptura canadensis (Olivier, 1795)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved April 16, 2012.

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