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Prionus
californicus
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California Prionus Adult: 40-60mm. Order Coleoptera/ Family Cerambycidae – Long-horned Beetles The giant root borer, as it is sometimes called, is distributed over much of the state where it feeds on a great variety of woody plant roots and stumps in the larval stage, including the Torrey Pine. The whitish larvae, when fully grown and ready to pupate, attain the length and girth of a man’s middle finger. Development from larva to adult may take from two to five years. |
