Comments on: Hardwood Stump Borer from Mexico: Callipogon barbatus

By: pleitezdolan

pleitezdolan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:31 +0000

So glad to find this info. This morning I found what I think was one of these struggling in a parking lot here in El Salvador. We moved it to a tree near by. It was huge! I have never seen such an enormous insect/beetle. Minimum four inches. Wish I’d had my camera. The mandibles were much smaller than the ones in your photos. Also, the legs seemed longer, more spindly.

By: Callipogon barbatus from El Salvador | What's That Bug?

Callipogon barbatus from El Salvador | What's That Bug? — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:06:58 +0000

[...] Ashley, Back in November 2007, Eric Eaton identified this tropical longicorn as Callipogon barbatus. We also received a [...]

By: Potential Hardwood Stump Borer and a Striped Caterpillar Aggregation from Mexico finally identified as Arsenura armida | What's That Bug?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:31:01 +0000

[...] July 8, 2009 Back in November 2007, Eric Eaton wrote in to identify another image of this beetle as Callipogon barbatus. According to an online website, the species if found in Guatemala and Panama though our [...]