Prairie-dock
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Ataxia hubbardi
Ataxia hubbardi is a longhorned beetle (Cerambycidae) described by Warren Samuel Fisher in 1924. The species is distributed across the United States and Mexico. Adults are active in fall and have been observed on flower stalks of host plants. A distinctive population associated with prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) in Missouri dolomite glades exhibits smaller, darker, and narrower body proportions compared to typical individuals.