Rose stem girdler
Agrilus cuprescens
The rose stem girdler is a small, shiny metal-coloured beetle. It belongs to the jewel beetles, which glitter in the sun. Its names tell us that its young grow up inside the stems of plants like roses.
Lives in
Europe, northern Asia and North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Its young live inside plant stems and canes, such as roses, and eat their way through them.
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)
Rose stem girdler about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is a metallic wood-boring beetle, a group also known as jewel beetles.
2
It has two English names: rose stem girdler and bronze cane borer.
3
Scientists know six subspecies of it.
you asked
Most asked questions about Rose stem girdler
?Is the rose stem girdler dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people, though gardeners may not like what it does to their roses.
?Where does the rose stem girdler live?
In Europe, northern Asia and North America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agrilus cuprescens
- Named by
- Ménétriés, 1832
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Buprestidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Buprestidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Also known as
- Bronze cane borer
Where the facts come from
- Agrilus cuprescens (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 AfroBrazilian. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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