Robust oak borer
Enaphalodes atomarius
The robust oak borer is a sturdy longhorn beetle, black and mottled with yellow-grey like a dusty stone. Its feelers are about as long as its whole body. Each of its wing cases ends in two little spines.
Lives in
North America; the first one was found in New York City
Length
1.7 cm (0.67 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It does not sting.
What does it eat?
As its name says, it is a borer of oak trees: its young chew their way through the wood.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 3 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 11 seconds
How big is Robust oak borer compared to YOU?
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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)
Robust oak borer about 0.33 km/h (0.21 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its body is about 17 millimetres long.
2
Each section of its feelers has a little spine, except the one next to its head.
3
It was first described in 1773 from a beetle found in New York City.
you asked
Most asked questions about Robust oak borer
?How big is the robust oak borer?
Its body is about 17 millimetres long, with feelers about as long again.
?Is the robust oak borer dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Enaphalodes atomarius
- Named by
- Drury, 1773
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Enaphalodes atomarius (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 Discodiscere. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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