The Sculptured Pine Borer is a small, attractive buprestid with a black body adorned with irregular yellow and white spots, often seen visiting flowers where it feeds on pollen. Despite its flower-visiting habits, larvae develop in dead and dying branches of pine and other conifers. Adults are fast fliers and difficult to approach.
Best time to see a Sculptured Pine Borer
The best time to see a Sculptured Pine Borer is June–July, when about 63% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 1,748 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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