Usually means: Wood-boring beetle, damages trees.
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▸ noun:  A beetle, of species Megacyllene robiniae, that feeds as a larva on black locust trees in eastern North America.

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yellow locust, locust, cabbage worm, black locust, grouse locust, bagworm, locustelle, cabbage looper, mealworm, cedar beetle, more...

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yellow locust, locust, cabbage worm, black locust, grouse locust, bagworm, locustelle, cabbage looper, mealworm, cedar beetle, more...



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