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Agapanthia villosoviridescens - Pupa Fairly fresh pupa (maybe one day?)<br />
Close-ups here:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92450/agapanthia_villosoviridescens_-_pupa_front_end.html" title="Agapanthia villosoviridescens - Pupa, front end"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/92450_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Pd%2Fs1rzizYq8B6f6yzw7LESTk9U%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Agapanthia villosoviridescens - Pupa, front end Other images of same pupa here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92451/agapanthia_villosoviridescens_-_pupa.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92449/agapanthia_villosoviridescens_-_pupa_tail_end.html Agapanthia,Agapanthia villosoviridescens,Cerambycidae,Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle,Lamiinae,Longhorn beetle,Pupa,nl: Gewone distelboktor" /></a></figure><br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92449/agapanthia_villosoviridescens_-_pupa_tail_end.html" title="Agapanthia villosoviridescens - Pupa, tail end"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/92449_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=FC1l8c6cvksuXYRc9qFM1uqsZ6Y%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Agapanthia villosoviridescens - Pupa, tail end The pupa still has the spiny humps on the back for locomotion in the hollow stalk of the host plant (same as the larva)<br />
Other images of same pupa here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92451/agapanthia_villosoviridescens_-_pupa.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92450/agapanthia_villosoviridescens_-_pupa_front_end.html Agapanthia,Agapanthia villosoviridescens,Cerambycidae,Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle,Lamiinae,Longhorn beetle,Pupa,nl: Gewone distelboktor" /></a></figure> Agapanthia,Agapanthia villosoviridescens,Cerambycidae,Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle,Lamiinae,Longhorn beetle,Pupa,nl: Gewone distelboktor Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Well done Arp, never seen a pupa of that longhorn. Posted 5 years ago
    1. Thanks Paul, me neither so that's why I decided to keep a few larvae I found the other day and keep these at home (in some of the stalks I fond them in) to see if they would pupate :o) Posted 5 years ago

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"Agapanthia villosoviridescens", also known as the golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the Lamiinae subfamily, that can be found in the Caucasus, Europe, Kazakhstan, the Near East, Russia and Turkey.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded Apr 14, 2020.