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In this video you will learn how to identify Longhorn Beetle known as the White-spotted Sawyer Beetle or Spruce Sawyer Beetle (Monochamus scutellatus) in both the adult and larval (grub) stage. I explain how to identify both adults and grubs. How to distinguish between adults males and females is described. How to find larva is shown in video including splitting rotten wood! Included is a discussion of the Coleoptera group - beetles and different names for larva stages of different orders. I explain the details of the life cycle of this Sawyer Beetles and how this native insect is a beneficial species, recycling nutrients and energy from dead trees. Both adult and larval stages are handled as I describe the natural history and life cycle of Sawyer Beetles. Features of adult beetles and larval beetles called grubs are described while viewing close-up video of live insects. I explain enthusiastically how amazing nature and the natural world are! I present both common names and scientific names. I show why Sawyer Beetles are known as 'longhorn beetles'. I explain how beetles have elytra or hardened modifications of fore wings that protect the pair of underlying wings used for flying. I explain how Sawyer beetles get their name.