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Mr Indestructible

Found my 2nd one & this time it was on the trunk of a Vitex tree. Indestructible because almost impossible to kill. Put it in a baggie in the freezer, it survives. Run over it with a car & it still survives. Harmless to people, no sting, no bite. Harmless to your landscape; both adults & larvae eat lichens, dead wood & fungi. Just an all around cool bug.
Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani)
Chasteberry Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

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