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__________________ Beetles 23 - Great Capricorn Beetles

                           GREAT CAPRICORN BEETLE Cerambyx cerdo (f)

                            GREAT CAPRICORN BEETLE Cerambyx cerdo (f)

                               GREAT CAPRICORN BEETLE Cerambyx cerdo (f)

• By European standards the Great Capricorn Beetle (Le Grand Capricorne du Chêne) is enormous, spanning the palm of an adult's hand (see: http://www.insectes-net.fr/cerdo/cerd2.htm ). This legally protected rarity has a stronghold in southern France where these photographs were taken. Males have much longer antennae than the female shown here. Note that the beetle was placed on the trunk of a conifer to be photographed having been removed from a camp site for its own safety. The larvae live in mature Oak Quercus sp. and the evidence of their presence is relatively easy to detect as large holes are excavated through the bark and piles of sawdust accumulated at the base of the host trees. The adults do not stray far from their original emergence site and in most cases they probably lay their eggs on the same tree.

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