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Prionus californicus, commonly known as the California root borer, is a species of insect in the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). It is native to the American west where it is often a pest of orchard and vine crops.
Prionus Geoffroy, 1762 is a genus of long-horned beetles of the subfamily Prioninae, tribe Prionini, widespread in Europe, Asia and North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Description
black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus: leuco-, leuc-G λευκός (leukós) white: white-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus: leucocephalus: G: white-headed: bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus; white-crowned pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala; white-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola leucocephala; white-headed stilt, Himantopus ...
Ergates faber larva Prionoplus reticularis, larva. The Prioninae are a subfamily of Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles). They are typically large (25–70 mm) and usually brown or black. The males of a few genera sport large mandibles that are used in fights with other males, similar to stag beetles.
Prionus laticollis, also known as the broad-necked root borer or broad necked prionus, is a root-boring longhorn beetle described by Dru Drury in 1773. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is widespread throughout eastern North America : its range covers a vast swath from Quebec in the northeast to Arkansas in the southwest.
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The California gull (Larus californicus) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull, but larger on average than the ring-billed gull (though it may overlap in size with both). Although named after California , it can be found annually across most of western North America, from the Canadian prairie provinces in the ...
The osmeterium is a defensive organ found in all papilionid larvae, in all stages. [1] The organ is situated in the prothoracic segment and can be everted when the larva feels threatened. The everted organ resembles a fleshy forked tongue (not unlike a snake tongue), and this along with the large eye-like spots on the body might be used to ...