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Lixus pervestitus - male - female

Lixus pervestitus - Male Female
Sacramento Mountains, Silver Springs just E of Hwy 244 on Lincoln National Forest near Mescalero Apache Reservation boundary., Otero County, New Mexico, USA
July 15, 2008
Size: ca 15 mm
Stem borer causes extensive flower stalk mortality in large population of endangered Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum). Specimen ID by Charlie O’Brien. 7900 ft.

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Lixus pervestitus - male - female Lixus pervestitus

thanks for sharing this, Robert -- nice addition to the guide
Moved from Lixus.

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