There are a number of cases of expensive treatments in connection with longhorn.
He made a delightful slip of the tongue when he referred not to the longhorn beetle but to the long-haul beetle—which is a further illustration of the problem.
Fortunately, a proper timber consultant was called in, and it was found that the longhorn had been dead for many years, possibly for more than a hundred years.
Longhorn cactus beetles feed on chollas and prickly pear cacti, and are known to feed on saguaro seedlings.
The ranch has one of the largest herds of longhorn cattle in the world.
In its early years, the house was the center for a 500acre km2 working farm that raised thoroughbred horses and longhorn cattle.
Species involved include bark beetles, weevils, flat-faced longhorn beetles such as sawyer beetles, and soil-nesting bees.
This law failed though since the longhorns were not themselves diseased.
