Please help identify this bug (Detailed pictures)

[Ace Yonder]

I have searched and searched and found nothing. Location is California, this is the bug, it looks like nothing I have seen before, if anyone recognizes what it is please let me know. I took photos from as many angles as I could. It looks like the lovechild of a Tarantula and an Ant to me

 

[Diabolical666]

its so ugly its kinda cute. You should actually be asking an entomologist. we are just growers here in this forum

 

[Ace Yonder]

its so ugly its kinda cute. You should actually be asking an entomologist. we are just growers here in this forum

Yeah but you can clearly see it is sitting on a pot plant, can't really post those pictures to a legit entomologist website haha, was hoping that some of the more garden minded people might recognize it, perhaps entomologists that share our curious hobby

 

[DeeTee]

Not sure but I don't think an entomologist would recognize that plant as pot, then again, I could be wrong.

 

[Ace Yonder]

Not sure but I don't think an entomologist would recognize that plant as pot, then again, I could be wrong.

I guess in a couple of pictures the trichomes aren't so in your face if you don't know what you are looking for. It's a pretty crazy looking bug either way tho, right? At least the response on here confirmed that I'm not the only one who doesn't recognize it. Don't have to turn in my Amateur Bug Hunter's Badge quite yet

 

[Ace Yonder]

Okay after exhaustive research and failed attempts at joining entomologist forums (You wouldn't believe how much less active that community is than this hahaha) I am fairly convinced that it is some sort of Mutillid Wasp / Velvet Ant, but I haven't hammered down which specific species it is. But that is the closest thing to having a similar body structure.

 

[Dr.Pecker]

Capture it and see if it changes into something else

 

[subgrounds]

I concur with the original "lovechild of tarantula/ant theory." Hope that helps!

 

[hydroMD]

Looks like a weevil

 

[Dr.Pecker]

weevils are beetles. this is a weevil

 

[Ace Yonder]

Update! Positively identified as a type of Longhorn Borer Beetle, Ipochus Fasciatus.

 

[Dr.Pecker]

Not it! This is Long horn bore beetle

We get the black and white ones.

 

[Ace Yonder]

Not it! This is Long horn bore beetle

We get the black and white ones.

No, those are a FEW kinds of longhorn beetles. There are over 20,000 species of longhorn beetle. Here is the full classification of the type I found in my garden. I assure you, Ipochus Fasciatus is what I found, and Ipochus Fasciatus is a longhorn beetle
Kingdom: Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria
Infrakingdom: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
Subphylum: Hexapoda – hexapods
Class: Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
Subclass: Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
Infraclass: Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
Superorder: Holometabola
Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro
Suborder: Polyphaga Emery, 1886
Infraorder: Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
Family: Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 – long-horned beetles, capricornes, cérambycidés, longicornes
Subfamily: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribe: Parmenini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Ipochus LeConte, 1852
Species: Ipochus fasciatus LeConte, 1852

Also, here is a page about them with more pictures, not as clear as mine and of dead specimins, but still clearly the same creature http://bugguide.net/node/view/125447/bgimage

 

[Dr.Pecker]

Cool, I will check it out. I remember I spent a few hours on this bug, its nice to identify it, thank you.

 

[Dr.Pecker]

The thing that got me was the larva stage. they don't have a nymph stage. The picture didn't seem beetle like.

 

[Dr.Pecker]

No, those are a FEW kinds of longhorn beetles. There are over 20,000 species of longhorn beetle. Here is the full classification of the type I found in my garden. I assure you, Ipochus Fasciatus is what I found, and Ipochus Fasciatus is a longhorn beetle
Kingdom: Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria
Infrakingdom: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
Subphylum: Hexapoda – hexapods
Class: Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
Subclass: Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
Infraclass: Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
Superorder: Holometabola
Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro
Suborder: Polyphaga Emery, 1886
Infraorder: Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
Family: Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 – long-horned beetles, capricornes, cérambycidés, longicornes
Subfamily: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribe: Parmenini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Ipochus LeConte, 1852
Species: Ipochus fasciatus LeConte, 1852

Also, here is a page about them with more pictures, not as clear as mine and of dead specimins, but still clearly the same creature http://bugguide.net/node/view/125447/bgimage

Good job!

 

[Dr.Pecker]

Burn your stalks so the larva don't hatch

 

[Dr.Pecker]

Look around the area and see if they are on other plants and trees. they might just like the area if so maybe you could remove the infected trees. some of them are tree specific. Meaning they only target certain trees

 

[Dr.Pecker]

The ones we have are big and bite hard as fuck. They will attack you! They are very painful and leave a huge welt with a fucking hole in the middle.

 

[Dr.Pecker]

You should capture all specimens and send them to the local dnr. quarantine orders have been given out for these kinds of insects.