Bumelia borer
Plinthocoelium suaveolens
The bumelia borer is a longhorn beetle from North and Central America. Longhorn beetles have very long feelers, sometimes longer than their bodies. Its larvae bore tunnels inside the wood of bumelia trees.
Lives in
North and Central America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is best to look and not grab it, as beetles can nip.
What does it eat?
Its larvae live inside wood and eat it as they bore tunnels, as its name says.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Bumelia borer about 0.4 km/h (0.25 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It belongs to the longhorn beetles, famous for their long feelers.
2
There are two subspecies of it.
3
One of them was named by the famous scientist Linnaeus in 1768.
you asked
Most asked questions about Bumelia borer
?Where does the bumelia borer live?
In North and Central America.
?Why is it called a borer?
Its larvae bore tunnels in wood.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Plinthocoelium suaveolens
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1768
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Plinthocoelium suaveolens (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 Insects Unlocked. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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