Where does cottonwood borer lay eggs?
The female cottonwood borer will chew small pits in the base of the tree in which to lay her eggs.

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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Order
Beetles

Family
Longhorn beetles

Genus
Plectrodera

Species
Cottonwood borer (Plectrodera scalator)