Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Pachyschelus
Photo#1499377
Buprestidae, pupal cell from Round-headed Bush Clover - Pachyschelus
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Buprestidae, pupal cell from Round-headed Bush Clover - Pachyschelus
McCarthy Lake Wildlife Management Area, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
August 19, 2016
July 30, 2016: collected several Pachyschelus larvae in leaf mines of Round-headed Bush Clover, Lespedeza capitata
August 16, 2016: 2 pupal cells in mines.
But it never quite works, I never get an adult or rather never get an adult beetle so didn't pay very close attention to every jar. Hence no date on this post.
December 3, 2017: a final look at all the unsuccessful rearing jars but in this case there was an adult beetle. Yes!


March 11, 2018: opened the second cell to find a Conura wasp in a Pachyschelus larval skin


Previous Conura rearing from Pachyschelus

BG Info says a few parasitize Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae). No mention of Buprestidae.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 11 March, 2018 - 6:55pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact