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Long-Horned Wood-Boring Beetle

Oreodera glauca glauca

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A very strange Cerambycid beetle about 3 cm long. It was high on a wall with the legs completely extended.

Habitat:

Highway Toll Booth entering Arriaga, Chiapas.

Species ID Suggestions

Long-horned Beetle

Oreodera glauca

Reference Link
KeithRoragen
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Comments (7)
LaurenZarate
Thank you injica, it is a funny face, almost toad-like! :)
LaurenZarate
Thank you Keith for the identification. I was surprised at the extensive distribution.

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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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Beetles!
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Longhorn Beetles (Global)

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PublishedMay 6, 2013

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