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Tragidion agave Swift & Ray, 2008 - Tragidion agave - female

Tragidion agave Swift & Ray, 2008 - Tragidion agave - Female
NE of Wilcox, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Size: 25 mm
Reared from Yucca bloom stalks. Note the annulate basal antennal segments, antennae longer than T. armatum females, and longer, more parallel-sided elytra.

Great Dennis!
love the continuing fall-out from Ted's and my blunder. Question: do you somehow recognise which Agave stems have larvae? I am also curious about the bups in Desert Spoon. Or do I just cut a bunch and keep them in an enclosure?

 
I have a habit of breaking ou
I have a habit of breaking out old Agave and Yucca bloom stems to see if anything has been working on them. At this site I broke out a couple of old stems (easy) and found that some large beetle had mined it and left a lot of frass typical of Tragidion. So then I attacked bloom stems that were only a year or two old. When they broke at the base I noted the occasional larvae and put the stems in a can for to see what would happen. I was rewarded with five females and one male from three stems.

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