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Dioryctria pygmaeella
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Dioryctria pygmaeella
Karnack, Harrison County, Texas, USA
August 28, 2019
Size: 11mm
Found in a Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) cone. A small hole had been bored into the cone not much longer than the larva. The hole remained opened save for a fair amount of telltale frass.

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Contributed by George Smiley on 28 August, 2019 - 2:43am
Last updated 28 August, 2019 - 7:48pm

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