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Physonota alutacea pupa, top view - Physonota alutacea
Copyright © 2008 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Physonota alutacea pupa, top view - Physonota alutacea
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
June 9, 2008
It seems like I find lots of these pupae that die before the adult beetle emerge, and a fair number of empty skins, but very few, like this, still alive. They frequently leave their host tree and try to pupate on adjacent buildings.

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 8 September, 2008 - 1:45pm

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