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Cactus Longhorned Beetle - Moneilema gigas
Copyright © 2013 John Lampkin

Cactus Longhorned Beetle - Moneilema gigas
Santa Rita Experimental Range, Florida Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 25, 2013
I keep 8x10 heavy mat board in my vest for shots like this so that the critter can be released where I find it, unharmed.
Species, anyone?
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Contributed by John Lampkin on 13 August, 2013 - 3:46pm
Last updated 22 August, 2014 - 1:13pm

Moved
Moved from Cactus Longhorned Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 22 August, 2014 - 1:13pm

 
Thanks
Thanks, oh Fearless Leader and Gathering Organizer!
That trip was a transcendental experience and it's nice to relive it with these ongoing ID's
… John Lampkin, 22 August, 2014 - 2:18pm

Probably gigas.
Probably gigas.
… Eddie Eichinger, 6 October, 2013 - 8:20pm

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