Editorial photo #10538880 Human Interest
Animal India - Batocera Rufomaculata
Mango tree borer or Mango trunk borer or Mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata) is a species of long-horn beetle and Pest of Mango in the family Cerambycidae. Attack by Mango stem borer often leads to the death of the tree. Tree death has been recorded in the Virgin Islands, Israel, Mauritius, India and Malaysia. Economic loss can follow when the tree attacked bears fruits or yields another product. A Mango stem borer insect flies and sits on the rusty iron netting of a window and then makes funny gestures with its legs and head Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 23/09/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
