Latin Name:  Tragosoma harrisii LeConte, 1851
                        (J. Hammond, det.)

Length:  18 - 36 mm

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Conifer forests

Time of year seen: June to September

Larval Hosts: Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine & Douglas Fir

Other:  A widely distributed species found in northeastern and western North America.  The Adult is brown in color with a distinctive covering of dense hair on it's thorax and one small spine on either side of its pronotum.  The adults generally hide during the day and are attracted to ultraviolet light at night.  Larva bore in the sapwood of dead and rotting pine and fir trees. (Eaton et al, 2006 & Furniss et al, 1977)