Subject: Lizard Beetle, Acropteroxys gracilis, Family Languriidae

Location: Stonecoal Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia

Stock Number: 06-37229

Comments: Members of this family tend to be long and skinny.

The larvae of many species of Lizard Beetles are stem borers. Another member of the genus Acropteroxys, the Clover Stem Borer, is of economic importance.