Ceiba borer
The ceiba borer is a giant beetle that shines metallic green with reddish and purple glints. It is one of the biggest jewel beetles in the world. You can find it walking on tree trunks in warm rainforests.
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Fun facts
Its larvae are even bigger than the grown-ups, growing up to 15 centimetres long.
When it first comes out, it is covered in a yellowish waxy powder that slowly rubs off as it gets older.
The males make clicking sounds with their wing covers to call the females.
It is the only kind of beetle in its whole genus.
It lives in warm Amazon areas up to 1,200 metres above the sea.
Most asked questions about Ceiba borer
?How big is the ceiba borer?
The beetle is about 5 to 8 centimetres long, and its larvae can reach 15 centimetres.
?What does the ceiba borer eat?
Its larvae eat rotting wood, especially from kapok trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Euchroma giganteum
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Buprestidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Buprestidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Metallic wood boring beetle, Giant metallic ceiba borer
Where the facts come from
- Euchroma giganteum (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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