Jewel Beetle

• Larval duration is commonly about a year but can be up to 20 years
• The larva eventually pupates and the adult chews a slightly oval emergence hole
• The adult beetle can chew through covering materials
• Torpedo shaped 15 – 20 mm long
• Short saw – toothed antennae
• Sometimes with patches or spots on the elytra
• Larvae can tunnel extensively and leave a thin surface covering of wood which may split and release frass
• Frass may also be expelled from old emergence holes or be pushed out by the emerging adult

Cypress Pine Jewel Beetle – Diadoxus erythrurus