Cocoa branch borer
The cocoa branch borer is a longhorn beetle, a beetle with very long feelers on its head. It lives in warm places from India and Japan to Australia, and on islands like Madagascar. Its name tells you that its babies tunnel into branches.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It was first described more than 200 years ago, in 1801.
It lives in so many places that scientists split it into seven subspecies, for example one in Japan, one in Taiwan and one in Madagascar.
It is found on many islands, such as Sumatra, Java, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Most asked questions about Cocoa branch borer
?Is the cocoa branch borer dangerous?
Not to people. It is a beetle whose larvae tunnel into branches.
?Where does the cocoa branch borer live?
In warm parts of Asia, on islands like Madagascar and the Seychelles, and in Papua New Guinea and Australia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Olenecamptus bilobus
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1801
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Olenecamptus bilobus (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 Lsadonkey. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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