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Palo Verde root borer - Derobrachus hovorei - female
Copyright © 2006 Phillip Ruttenbur

Palo Verde root borer - Derobrachus hovorei - Female
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
August 2, 2006
Size: 3 inches
Palo Verde root borer - Derobrachus geminatus

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Contributed by Phillip Ruttenbur on 3 August, 2006 - 2:37pm
Last updated 3 August, 2006 - 8:00pm

Sure looks like
a Palo Verde root borer, Derobrachus geminatus, but let's see what the
experts say.
… Bob Beatson, 3 August, 2006 - 3:30pm

 
I Agree
I Agree
… Phillip Ruttenbur, 3 August, 2006 - 4:02pm

 
Yes, and a female.
Females can be enormous, and have shorter, thinner antennae than the males.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2006 - 6:56pm

 
Female?
This one was 3 inches long, the abdomen was plumped also, maybe full of eggs?
… Phillip Ruttenbur, 3 August, 2006 - 7:51pm

 
Palo Verde Bug
We get them here out in East Mesa beginning in June. This year it began about the second week. We've seen them 5 inches long. The one you have there was so small I didn't think it was one of them.
… Kimberly L, 6 July, 2007 - 5:46pm

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