''Neandra brunnea'', the pole borer, is a species of the

longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

family, subfamily Parandrinae. The longhorn beetle grows between 8 and and is yellowish-brown or reddish-brown in colour with relatively short, serrate antennae. Its range includes the entire eastern portion of

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. It can be seen between March and November.

References

Beetles described in 1798 Beetles of North America Parandrinae {{Parandrinae-stub