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Fang? - Naupactus cervinus
Copyright © 2015 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Fang? - Naupactus cervinus
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
August 14, 2015
It looks like a Fuller Rose Beetle, but the fang seems new to me. Are they retractable?

A closer look (see next image) reveals a second, very different, Well, mandible, I guess. It has two large teeth, and maybe some smaller.

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 15 August, 2015 - 8:12pm
Last updated 17 August, 2015 - 4:21pm

those fangs are deciduous and fall off soon after eclosion
...though not always simultaneously
it's an entimine thing

Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 17 August, 2015 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...their new ones must be an improvement.
The new one looks more serrated.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 18 August, 2015 - 3:03am login or register to post comments

 
there are no 'new ones' -- it's a disposable, provisional part
used for eclosion only, then shed
… v belov, 18 August, 2015 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

 
Now, that is interesting, and yet...
in photo 2, you can see what appear to be two different types of mandibles. I assumed the one on the passenger side was permanent.

Sorry to belabor the point. I understand, I think. The longer one is used for eclosion only. So when the left side (long dark)mandible falls off, they will both look like the right side one that is visible in photo 2? That's got to be it!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 18 August, 2015 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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