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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Moneilemini » Cactus Longhorned Beetles (Moneilema) » Moneilema gigas
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Desert Beetle - Moneilema gigas
Copyright © 2017 chaffeemonell

Desert Beetle - Moneilema gigas
Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA
October 7, 2015
This large beetle looked a lot like the desert skunk beetles, but I couldn't find anything with such long antennae, and "spikes" on the side of the thorax.
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Contributed by chaffeemonell on 9 February, 2017 - 6:52pm
Last updated 9 February, 2017 - 9:41pm

Moved, Moneilema gigas
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 February, 2017 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

How about one of the Moneilema
… john and jane balaban, 9 February, 2017 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Moneilema
Yeah, and looks very like M. gigas, Photo#236778 in the same site. I was hoping for a minute if it was a new species, I could name it Moneilema monelli !
… chaffeemonell, 9 February, 2017 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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