Carpenter sawyer beetle
Monochamus sartor
The carpenter sawyer beetle is a long-horned beetle from the forests of Europe and Asia. Like its cousins, it has very long feelers. Its larvae grow up inside tree wood.
Lives in
All over Europe, and also Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Korea
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
It is not dangerous to people. Just watch it and let it go.
What does it eat?
Its larvae live in tree wood and chew it as they grow.
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)
Carpenter sawyer beetle about 0.4 km/h (0.25 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It was first described in 1787, under a different name.
2
It has two kinds. One of them is called the fir sawyer beetle.
3
Scientists say it is not in danger of dying out.
you asked
Most asked questions about Carpenter sawyer beetle
?Where does the carpenter sawyer beetle live?
In forests all over Europe and in parts of Asia, like Mongolia and Korea.
?Is the carpenter sawyer beetle rare?
No. Scientists rate it as not threatened.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Monochamus sartor
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1787
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Sawyer beetle
Where the facts come from
- Monochamus sartor (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 Siga. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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