Nature does seem a little frivolous every now and then. Sometimes it chooses to paint pink spots on a longhorn’s back.
It is beautiful, but probably not frivolous. She always does it for a reason.
Thanks again to Enmos for identifying it down to the species. You rock.
These two longhorn beetles were being naughty on my jabuticaba tree.
I can’t blame them. Those fruits are so sweet and juicy and delicious. The female just couldn’t stop eating!
Sounds like somebody I know.
I’ll take the opportunity to recommend a website. It’s the Cerambycidae Holotypes of the Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro.
They have a huge catalog [...]
My dear friend Enmos spent hours trying to find out the species of this longhorn beetle I posted this week.
Here’s what he wrote:
I’m pretty sure I got it down to the genus (the longhorn beetle with the green/yellow stripes/spots)
It has got to be of the genus Ambonus! :D
Images of some species from this genus:
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My brother took this picture in our kitchen in Sao Paulo. (It was my camera, so it’s ok for me to post :p).
This is another one of those wood chopping longhorn beetles, whose exact species I am never able to identify.
There must be people out there who are much better at identifying beetles than I [...]
This is the same longhorn beetle seen in this video.
The mimicry is pretty cool, it looks just like tree bark.
