Giant Palm Borer
Dinapate wrightii
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Bostrichidae
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Dinapate wrightii, also known as the giant palm borer, is the largest species in the beetle family Bostrichidae, and sometimes a pest of palm trees, especially Washingtonia filifera and Washingtonia robusta. It is native to extreme southern California and possibly Baja California, and only commonly recorded from the Coachella Valley. Life History Female beetles locate fan palms and tunnel into the crowns, and are followed into the tunnels by males.
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