Rosalia longicorn
The rosalia longicorn is a beautiful blue-grey beetle with black spots and very long feelers. Its colours match the bark of beech trees, so it is hard to see. It is rare now, so many countries protect it.
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Fun facts
A male's feelers can be twice as long as its body.
It can make a chirping sound by rubbing its back legs against its wing cases.
The larva lives in a beech tree for about three years before it turns into a beetle.
The grown-up beetle only lives for three to six weeks.
It is on the logo of a national park in Hungary.
Most asked questions about Rosalia longicorn
?How big is the rosalia longicorn?
Its body is about 1,5 to 4 cm long, and a male's feelers can be twice that long.
?Where does the rosalia longicorn live?
In Europe and the Caucasus, in beech forests with sunny clearings.
?Is the rosalia longicorn rare?
Yes. There are far fewer than before, and it is protected in many countries.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rosalia alpina
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Alpine longhorn beetle
Where the facts come from
- Rosalia longicorn (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 Peter Krimbacher. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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