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Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle

Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle line art illustration (click image to enlarge)

Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle full color illustration (click image to enlarge)

Artist's notes:

The Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle was completed on 8.24.2010. This is part of a project for the visitors center for the Lodi watershed area south of Sacramento. I was unfamiliar with the species of beetle, so I had to do a fair amount of research on it to find out what the anatomy of the insect was. Apart from some color variations, including some that are more orange than red, I believe it's pretty accurate.

Info about the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle:

The Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle is a subspecies of longhorn beetle native to the riparian forests of the Central Valley of California from Redding to Bakersfield. The insect is listed as a Federally threatened species. They are medium sized beetles, growing to about .5-1.0 inch (1.25-2.5 cm) with the females slightly larger. Due to the extensive and widespread habitat loss, there is a push to help protect this beetle along with the ever shrinking habitat of riparian (the interface between land and a river or stream) forests which the beetle needs to survive.