June 2007. Two photos of an insect found inside dried bamboo, Phyllostachys aurea, in Brazil. The specimen is 35 mm x 5 mm. The insect was identified as a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae). Cerambycid larvae are borers in wood or herbaceous stems, and if the beetle was found inside the bamboo stem then it was probably attacking it. But there is also the possibility that the beetle was simply sheltering inside the stem, but only if it was able to get in as an adult.   A species identification may provide host plant information - if anything is recorded. Original: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/4811 Replies: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/4812 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/4813