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Moneilema gigas, Pima County, Arizona Moneilema gigas, Pima County, Arizona. Moneilema gigas is a large, flightless, black beetle native to the Sonoran desert at elevations below 1500 metres. [1] The front wings are fused forming a single, hardened shell. Collectively - with 19 other Moneilema species - M. gigas is also known as the cactus ...
Moneilema, or cactus longhorn beetles are a genus of large, flightless, black beetles found in North American deserts of the western United States and northern Mexico. M. gigas is native to the Sonoran Desert at elevations below 4900 feet (1500m). [ 1 ]
Hydrophilus triangularis, known generally as the giant black water beetle or giant water scavenger, is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. [1] [2] [3] It is the most common and widespread species of Hydrophilus in North America, being found across the contiguous United States, southern Canada, and Mexico.
Eleodes (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. [1] They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species found along the Mexico-United States border. [2] Some species have been introduced to Colombia.
The London Bridge was moved from England to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in 1968 when Robert P. McCulloch bought it. 8. The full name of Los Angeles is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de ...
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. [1]
Common tuft bearing longhorn beetle (Aristobia approximator) Acrocinus longimanus – harlequin beetle, a large species where the male has very long front legs; Anoplophora chinensis – citrus longhorn beetle, a major pest; Anoplophora glabripennis – Asian longhorn beetle, an invasive pest species; Aridaeus thoracicus – tiger longicorn ...
The South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, is a species of snout beetle. The adults are relatively large black beetles of approximately one and a half inch in length, and the larvae may grow to two inches in length. [1]