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Showing posts with label Cerambycidae Longhorn family Orange Coffee Longhorn Dirphya nigrcornis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cerambycidae Longhorn family Orange Coffee Longhorn Dirphya nigrcornis. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

Here is an interesting one!!

Update: Thanks for guessing everyone.

This is actually a beetle of the Cerambycidae (Longhorn) family - Orange Coffee Longhorn (Dirphya nigrcornis). It is about 1/2 an inch in body length.
They can be pests in coffee plantations. The antenae are swept back and they lay their eggs in the crack of wood or in dead timber. The larvae feed as it burrows in.


Now what do you think this is? I will insert the name tomorrow..... :)