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Coleoptera: BruchidaeMimosetes ulkei
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera: BruchidaeMimosestes amicus
Showing emergence hole
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera: BruchidaeStrator limbatus
Multiple eggs laid by this beetle!
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Unknown parasitic wasp that attacked a bruchid beetle
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Bruchid pupa of an unknown species
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Coleoptera: BruchidaeMimosetes ulkeiAdult on a seed
Picture by Dr. Tim Craig
Cericidium floridiumBlue Palo Verde
leaves
Picture from ASU Herbarium, http://ls.la.asu.edu/herbarium/index.html
Cericidium floridiumBlue Palo Verde
pods
Picture from ASU Herbarium, http://ls.la.asu.edu/herbarium/index.html
Foothills Palo Verde
Blue Palo Verde
Can you see the difference?
Do not collect these!!!
Picture from ASU Herbarium, http://ls.la.asu.edu/herbarium/index.html
Picture from ASU Herbarium, http://ls.la.asu.edu/herbarium/index.html
Collecting pods from Blue Palo Verde in the desert
Picture by Dr. Tim CraigPicture by Dr. Tim Craig
Key to the three Bruchid Beetles that feed on Blue Palo Verde seedpods: 1a. Beetle is < 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 ofback....................Mimosestes amicus *sometimes this looks crescent-shaped or lobe-shaped
