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| sangamesh |
Posted - 23/02/2015 : 13:41:10
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Neoplocaederus ferrugineus
Collected around 8 pupae and have started emerging (so far 3 are into adults)... it was my first experience to find this huge pupae with calcareous shell... |
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| sangamesh |
Posted - 22/05/2018 : 03:35:39
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Originally posted by Pierre-Olivier Maquart
Hi Sangamesh,
Sorry to bother you here, but I cannot reach you via your email adress which does not seems to work.
Please check your mail |
| dryobius |
Posted - 20/05/2018 : 12:51:22
Does anybody know of references where Lepturinae have been reported to form similar pupal sells? |
| Pierre-Olivier Maquart |
Posted - 19/05/2018 : 15:29:38
Hi Sangamesh,
Sorry to bother you here, but I cannot reach you via your email adress which does not seems to work.
I'm currently writting a book about beetles, and I would like to know if perhaps I could reuse your picture to illustrate this peculiar behavior ?
Can you contact me by mail?
Thanks a lot,
POM
P.S.: For the others: this post is only temporary, I'll delete it after  |
| Pierre-Olivier Maquart |
Posted - 25/06/2015 : 18:29:38
Hi all,
For those interested in these weird way of pupation, I found in a book about longhorned beetles larvae (E.A.J. Duffy. 1952 - A monograph of the immature stages of British and imported timber beetles (Cerambycidae), 311 p.) with an explanation around those calcareous cocoons:
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Some pictures of Plocaederus basalis (in his book about African timber beetles).
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Have a nice day,
Best,
POM
(Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, but I don't have a scanner here  ) |
| Pierre-Olivier Maquart |
Posted - 24/02/2015 : 22:37:02
That's fantastic !
It's very interesting, thanks for sharing it with us. 
So I guess, on that website when you go to "beetles/Cerambycidae" and then in "Neoplocaederus carolii", It might be also pupation chambers. I was guessing what it was for a long time !
nice observation !
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| sangamesh |
Posted - 24/02/2015 : 13:45:01
Going through the type pict given in this publication... I'm falling into confusion to decide ...here i give better male and female pict for comparison...
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| Francesco |
Posted - 24/02/2015 : 06:37:36
Really a nice report, Sangamesh, thank you very much!
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| sangamesh |
Posted - 24/02/2015 : 04:33:54
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Originally posted by Sergi
Sangamesh, larvae were buried in the ground ??? Amazing!! I thought that these species emerging from wood!!
Yes! I found them around root zone, pupae were attached to tree trunk below the soil... interestingly grubs were oozing some liquid... find below the images
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| Sergi |
Posted - 23/02/2015 : 15:19:56
Sangamesh, larvae were buried in the ground ???
Amazing!! I thought that these species emerging from wood!! |
| nasa |
Posted - 23/02/2015 : 15:11:40
Amazing! I also first time to see this style pupae cell! |
