OK for Takeoff - _TNY_9909
Another one of the black longicorn beetles (Spondylis buprestoides) which I rescued from the water barrel at my mom's summer house where they accidentally had gotten stuck, seduced by the smell of the freshly cut pine wood we just stacked up right by it. These guys lay their eggs in freshly fallen pine so it must have been irresistable to them.
Here's a portrait shot of one of the other ones, showing the huge mandibles they've got: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52424913881/
OK for Takeoff - _TNY_9909
Another one of the black longicorn beetles (Spondylis buprestoides) which I rescued from the water barrel at my mom's summer house where they accidentally had gotten stuck, seduced by the smell of the freshly cut pine wood we just stacked up right by it. These guys lay their eggs in freshly fallen pine so it must have been irresistable to them.
Here's a portrait shot of one of the other ones, showing the huge mandibles they've got: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52424913881/