Baronia b. brevicornis
(
Baronia)

Baronia b. brevicornis MX: MICH: Mpio. Arteaga: Las Juntas, elev. 625m, 16-VII-1996

Baronia b. brevicornis MX: MICH: Mpio. Arteaga: Las Juntas, elev. 625m, 16-VII-1996

Baronia b. brevicornis Mixcoate, COL, MX 10-VII-04

Baronia b. brevicornis Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, MOR, MX 21-VI-07

Baronia b. brevicornis southern Morelos, MOR, MX 21-VI-07

Baronia b. brevicornis classic Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, MOR, MX 7-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis black form Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, MOR, MX 21-VI-07

Baronia b. brevicornis orange form Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, MOR, MX 21-VI-07

Baronia b. brevicornis Tilzapotla, MOR, MX 12-VII-1993

Baronia b. brevicornis orange form laying eggs, Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, MOR, MX 21-VI-07

Baronia b. brevicornis yellow form southern Morelos, MOR, MX 1-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis yellow form on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
southern Morelos, MOR, MX 1-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis pair mating, Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, MOR, MX 3-VIII-06

Trichogramma sp. parasiting a Baronia b. brevicornis egg on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
southern Morelos, MOR, MX 15-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis eggs on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
southern Morelos, MOR, MX 15-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis larva first instar, Rancho Viejo, MOR, MX 26-VI-07
second instar and last instar larva, elev. 900m, Jojutla, MOR, MX 27-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis larva second instar, elev. 1500m, Sierra de Huautla, MOR, MX 05-VII-07

Baronia b. brevicornis larva on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
southern Morelos, MOR, MX 15-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis larva on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
predated by a Pentatomidae? Rancho Viejo, southern Morelos, MOR, MX 26-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis larvae on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
Sierra de Huautla, MOR, MX 5-VII-07

Baronia b. brevicornis larva building its cocoon of protection on foodplant Acacia cochliacantha
southern Morelos, MOR, MX 23-VI-06

Baronia b. brevicornis chrysalis dug from base of host plant
Sierra de Huautla, MOR, MX 12-X-06

Baronia b. brevicornis foodplant: Acacia cochliacantha
Rancho Viejo, MOR, MX 26-VI-07

Real host plant: an old tree.  Check for scale with the orange lighter placed on the trunk.
Trees must be older than 30 years to be suitable for caterpillars of Baronia.

Baronia b. brevicornis foodplant: Acacia cochliacantha
Limon, MOR, MX 30-VIII-06

This is a typical branch of A. cochliacantha with large red spines, note that some specimens of this tree may be fully free of spines (or with a different shape of spines), which explains why many authors misidentify the species.


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