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deeskitchen San Antonio, TX Aug 03, 2006

Does anyone know what kind of beetle this is. I found it sucking the figs on my tree with the snout nose butterflies. It didn't seem to be hurting anything other than the fruit.

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nifty413 Garland, TX(Zone 8a) Aug 04, 2006

Looks very much like what is pictured as Trachyderes mandibularis here... http://bugguide.net/node/view/60562/bgpage

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 04, 2006

That beetle is the Horse Bean Beetle (Trachyderes mandibularis) http://bugguide.net/node/view/42430/bgimage
http://www.bobjensenphotography.com/-/bobjensenphotography/detail.asp?photoID=526942&cat=347

It would be great if you could add this beetle and your picture to the BugFiles:

Common Name: Horse Bean Beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carambycidae
Genus: Trachyderes
Species: mandibularis

Just click here: http://davesgarden.com/bf/add.php

Ken

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nifty413 Garland, TX(Zone 8a) Aug 04, 2006

deeskitchen: Did you know your picture shows aTrachyderes mandibularis?

Here's a good photo... http://www.texasento.net/mandibularis.jpg

;-)

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Sherry1961 Skowhegan, ME(Zone 5b) Aug 04, 2006

~ that's a big bug ~ the bugs up here don't come that big. Though I did have a Lunar moth outside my back door for about a week. Wish I could have got pics. He just parked it on my backdoo frame and stayed. Left one day and haven't seen another since. ~ Sherry

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deeskitchen San Antonio, TX Aug 04, 2006

Thanks for the ID everyone. After some research I also came up with a name for it and it is totally different. I came up with "Dendrobius mandibularis" Here is the info and picture I found.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 04, 2006

deeskitchen,
"Dendrobius mandibularis" proves to be an earlier synonym, for the same Long-jawed Longhorn Beetle "Trachyderes mandibularis".

We will soon have the facility to add synonyms to the BugFiles entries and can then see that both names are registered,

Ken

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deeskitchen San Antonio, TX Aug 08, 2006

Thanks Ken. I didn't think of that. My figs are covered in them right now. They love the ripe fruit.

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