Black and Yellow Beetle with a zig-zag pattern

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TuttiFrutti Spokane Valley, WA(Zone 5b) Aug 21, 2004

Found two of these in the corn this afternoon. They are about 5/8" long with 6 legs, the body has slender black and yellow stripes, and the wings when folded have a zig-zag pattern which resembles 10 "W"s sitting on top of one another, alternating from black to yellow.

Is this a good guy or a bad guy? He's quite striking, in any case, and I would provide a photo if I could. :)

Thanks!
Donna

P.S. Thanks for moving this, Terry! :)

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) Aug 21, 2004

Is this it?
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/395182/

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TuttiFrutti Spokane Valley, WA(Zone 5b) Aug 21, 2004

Exactly! A locust borer who only cares about certain kinds of locust trees. Found an interesting article about it, as it "once grew only along the Allegheny Mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia and in the Ozark Mountain region". I've attached the article and its associated pic:

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/locust/locust.htm

Thanks, poppysue! :)

Oops! It holds my copyright info 'cause I forgot to turn that off when I uploaded the pic. It is *NOT* mine!!! *blush*

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