Diet

• Adults: Feed primarily on nectar, pollen, flowers, plant sap and tender plant tissues. Adults are often found visiting flowering plants.

• Larvae: Wood-boring, developing inside branches, stems and trunks of woody plants, where they tunnel through the wood.

• Larval activity contributes to the breakdown of weakened and dead woody material.

Range

• Macromerus is a Neotropical genus of longhorn beetles, occurring from Mexico through Central America and into South America.

• Species occur in tropical and subtropical regions of Mexico, including Guerrero and the Pacific coastal region.

• Around Zihuatanejo, Macromerus beetles are occasional, with adults most likely to be encountered in forest edges, clearings and flowering vegetation during the warmer and wetter months.

Habitat

• Found in tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, woodland, forest edges, secondary forest and disturbed vegetation.

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

• Larvae develop inside dead, dying or weakened woody stems and branches.

Size

• Adult length: approximately 15–30 mm (0.6–1.2 in), depending on species.

• Body robust and elongated, with very long antennae characteristic of Cerambycidae.

• Colouration varies among species but commonly includes brown, reddish-brown, black and contrasting pale markings.