Diet

• Adults: Primarily feed on pollen, nectar, sap and tender plant tissues, although adult feeding habits vary among species.

• Larvae: Wood-boring, developing inside dead, dying or weakened branches and stems, where they tunnel through the wood.

• Larval feeding contributes to the decomposition and recycling of woody material.

Range

• Lochmaeocles is a Neotropical genus of longhorn beetles, distributed primarily from Mexico through Central America and into northern South America.

• Several species occur in Mexico, particularly in tropical and subtropical environments.

• Lochmaeocles can be encountered in Guerrero and the Zihuatanejo region, particularly where suitable dry-forest and woody vegetation occurs.

Habitat

• Found in tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, tropical woodland, forest edges, scrub, secondary forest and disturbed wooded habitats.

• Larvae develop in dead branches, fallen wood and weakened stems.

• Adults may be found on tree trunks, branches, foliage and flowers, particularly in sunny forest edges and clearings.

Size

• Adult length: approximately 10–25 mm (0.4–1.0 in), depending on species.

• Body elongate and somewhat cylindrical, with long antennae typical of Cerambycidae.

• Colouration is often brown, grey, reddish or mottled, providing camouflage against bark and dead wood.