Speckled longhorn beetle

The speckled longhorn beetle is a small, chunky beetle with a black head and black legs. Its wing cases are light yellowish brown with black bands and a black tip. In summer you can find it sitting on flowers.

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Fun facts
No two look the same. The black markings change a lot, and some beetles have almost none.
In Central Europe it is one of the most common longhorn beetles.
Its life from egg to beetle takes two years.
In spring the grown larva leaves the roots and turns into a pupa in the soil.
Most asked questions about Speckled longhorn beetle
?Where does the speckled longhorn beetle live?
In most of Europe and western Asia, especially in hilly and mountain areas, on flowers in summer.
?Is the speckled longhorn beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless beetle.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Judolia cerambyciformis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Pachytodes cerambyciformis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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