Coleoptera+VII+Philopator

==Cerambycidae (Long-Horned Beetles)==

**Taxonomy/Classification:**
//Kingdom:// Animalia //Phylum:// Arthropoda //Class:// Insecta //Order:// Coleoptera //Suborder:// Polyphaga //Family:// Cerambycidae

====The order Coleoptera consists of every species of beetle. The following suborder of Polyphaga contains the majority of all beetle species (~300,000). Within this suborder, you will find the likes of many such rove beetles, scarab and stag beetles, metallic wood-boring beetles as well as fungus beetles, ladybird beetles, even some aquatic beetles and in the main particular case of this wikipage; longhorn beetles.(2). ====

**Characteristics:**
====The pleuron of these giant long-horned beetles is usually hidden internally. The pleuron is simply the lateral portion of a segment of an insect's thorax. (3) Because of the lack of their pleuron outside of their exoskeleton, you can only see one seam in the prothorax. When it comes to the female specimen, they have telotrophic ovarioles, which are a specific type of ovarioles that are an exclusively derived condition within beetles. ====

====The cerambycidae also vary in size from 3mm to 150mm (nearly half a foot!). However, in Vermont, you'll likely only find them between 3mm-60mm. (2) ====

====Aside from these characteristics of cerambycidae, there isn't much that allows this group to differ from similar families such as Disteniidae or Vesperidae. There is much controversy regarding them and their placement within phylogenetics. The relationships of the lineages it has with other groups are still poorly understood. ====

====Cerambycidae can be found in urban locations. Locations such as your house or a small city (like Burlington) can be home to these insects. Some polyphaga are aquatic insects, thus residing near moist/water habitats, however there aren't any known cerambycidae in Vermont that are seen living near water. ====

====They've been found throughout the world at many different locations, from sea level up to 4,200m in elevation (varying on the locations; dependent on the ecological lifestyle within these altitudes). They have a tendency to feed inside of dead, dying or decaying wood but sometimes use living plant tissue. (1). ====

**Biology, Importance and Lifestyle:**
====Many of the adults feed on flowers. Some of the species obtain their nourshiment through sap, leaves, blossoms, fruit, bark and fungi. Others within the species manage to take little to no nourishment aside from water. This is likely because most of their lifespan is spent in the larval stage, following where the adults emerge, spread, mate and then day within the timespan of a few days to a few months. ====

====Cerambycidae are primary borers, this means that they provide the first step in the biorecycling of wood. Their presence around us is very important for this reason. (1) ====