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24-Oct-2004

Huisache Girdler - Oncideres pustulata at work

Weslaco, Tx.

Canon EOS 10D
1/180s f/16.0 at 100.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 11-Jun-2009 20:37
If you catch a female and remove one front leg, she will cut you a neat screw. Not coming to the beginning of her groove, she will continue cutting until she runs out of energy. I watched one do this, but i did not remove the leg. Maybe some bird did it.
Mike Quinn 30-Jun-2005 09:54
Oncideres cingulata (Say) is an east Texas bug. This is Oncideres pustulata LeConte...