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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) » Prioninae
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Larva of Prioninae species
Copyright © 2006 Christopher C Wirth

Larva of Prioninae species
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
April 2, 2006
Size: About two inches long
Can anyone ID this to a species? I have only found adults of two species in my yard, so it is probably Orthosoma brunneum or Prionus imbricornis. Jim has a shot of a larval O. brunneum and it seems to mach mine, but there is probably very, very little difference between the larva of root borers. Just thought I’d try. I am now trying to rear this larva so I might get lucky...
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Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 6 April, 2006 - 10:02pm
Last updated 13 April, 2006 - 8:38am

O. brunneum
Were you able to rear anything? Shots of the dorsal/ventral of the head end would help but from the characters I can see, and the geography, it is most likely Orthosoma brunneum. The longer antennae sticking out the way they do, while Prionus does not really show head appendages.
… Patrick Gorring, 6 January, 2022 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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