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πŸͺ² Beetles

African Fig-tree Longhorn

Phryneta spinator

About

A large, spiny longhorn beetle with gray-brown mottled coloring and prominent lateral thoracic spines. It is a wood-boring species that attacks fig and other tropical trees.

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Did You Know?

The female uses her powerful mandibles to create deep oval egg-laying niches in the bark of living trees.