Derobrachus geminatus

is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. For over 100 years, this species was confused with the related species Derobrachus hovorei; essentially all literature prior to 2007 therefore uses the name geminatus for the wrong species, while the true geminatus was known under the junior name Derobrachus forreri.

It is an uncommon species but fairly large, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟳𝟬 𝗺𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵, that can be found from southern Arizona and Texas to Sinaloa and Baja California Sur.

The female lays eggs in holes about a foot deep under host Palo Verde trees where the grubs then feed on the roots. These large beetles, 3 to 4 inches in length, in the Order Coleoptera, emerge from quarter-size exit holes with the summer monsoons.

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