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Moneilema gigas là một large, flightless, black beetle bản địa của Sonoran desert at elevations below 1500 mét.[1] The front wings are fused forming a single, hardened shell. Collectively - with 19 other Moneilema species - M. Gigas is tiếng Anh thường gọi là Cactus longhorn beetle.
M. gigas normally feeds on chollas and prickly pear cacti, và is known to feed on saguaro seedlings. Larvae bore into cactus roots and stems, sometimes killing more susceptible individuals. Adults also feed on the surface of cacti.[2] M. gigas are most active during giữa hoặc cuối summer - the adults typically emerging during the summer monsoon season.
Like many flightless beetles, these beetles have limited wing musculature with a rounded abdomen and thorax, similar in appearance to a number of other flightless desert beetles. Cactus longhorn beetles resemble and mimic the behavior of noxious stink beetles thuộc chi Eleodes.[3]
Moneilema gigas là một large, flightless, black beetle bản địa của Sonoran desert at elevations below 1500 mét. The front wings are fused forming a single, hardened shell. Collectively - with 19 other Moneilema species - M. Gigas is tiếng Anh thường gọi là Cactus longhorn beetle.
M. gigas normally feeds on chollas and prickly pear cacti, và is known to feed on saguaro seedlings. Larvae bore into cactus roots and stems, sometimes killing more susceptible individuals. Adults also feed on the surface of cacti. M. gigas are most active during giữa hoặc cuối summer - the adults typically emerging during the summer monsoon season.
Like many flightless beetles, these beetles have limited wing musculature with a rounded abdomen and thorax, similar in appearance to a number of other flightless desert beetles. Cactus longhorn beetles resemble and mimic the behavior of noxious stink beetles thuộc chi Eleodes.
