Lemon tree borer
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Oemona hirta (Fabricius)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Size range
- Up to 30 mm long
Distribution
- New Zealand native
- Found throughout the country
Life History
- Grubs bore into stems of shrubs and fruit trees (especially citrus), causing twigs to die
- Adult eats pollen