Scientific Name:  Derobrachus geminatus
Order:  Coleoptera 

Family:  Cerambycidae
Diet:  Palo verde trees serve as host plants for larva which feed on the roots.
Vegetation Association:  Palo verde trees.
Predators: Lizards, wood rats, and skunks.
Life Stages:  They hatch from eggs into larva and will spend as long as 3 years underground feeding on the roots of the Palo Verde tree.  They will eventually leave the ground through holes around the roots of the tree.  Adults look like cockroaches and lay eggs in the soil.   Adults will come out during the summer time and the early evening when there is lightning.

Notes:  This is one on the largest beetles in North America.
Photo:  To be added.

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