Coleoptera: Bruchidae

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Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera Bruchidae Mimosetes ulkei
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Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera Bruchidae Mimosestes amicus Showing
emergence hole
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Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera Bruchidae Strator limbatus Multiple
eggs laid by this beetle!
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Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Unknown parasitic wasp that attacked a bruchid
beetle
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Bruchid pupa of an unknown species
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Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera Bruchidae Mimosetes ulkei Adult on a
seed
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erbarium/index.html
Cericidium floridium Blue Palo Verde leaves
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erbarium/index.html
Cericidium floridium Blue Palo Verde pods
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Can you see the difference?
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erbarium/index.html
Blue Palo Verde
Do not collect these!!!
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erbarium/index.html
Foothills Palo Verde
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Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Collecting pods from Blue Palo Verde in the desert
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Key to the three
Bruchid Beetles that feed
on Blue Palo Verde seedpods   1a. Beetle is lt
3mm in length, has orange "bean-shaped"
markings on the wing covers (elytra)
.............Stator limbatus   1b. Beetle is
larger than 2.5mm in length, with no orange
markings...........Go to 2   2a. Beetle has light
(or white) stripe down center of wing covers
(elytra) with black border along sides giving
the appearance of a tuxedo..............Mimosestes
ulkei   2b. Beetle has brown, grey, or golden
wing cover (elytra), with no stripe down center
of back....................Mimosestes
amicus   sometimes this looks crescent-shaped or
lobe-shaped