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Stinking longicorn

Stenoderus suturalis
Eats: WoodBeetlesForests and woods6 legs

The stinking longicorn is a slim Australian beetle with long feelers. Its head, legs and middle are shiny black, and its wing covers are bright orange. It has a smelly trick to keep enemies away.

Lives in
Southern Australia, including Western Australia
Length
2 cm (0.79 in)
about
Top speed
about 0.36 km/h (0.22 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless, but it can let out a smelly liquid if you grab it. Just look and let it be.
What does it eat?
Like other longhorn beetles, its grubs grow up chewing their way through wood.
For real!Photo of Stinking longicorn
Picture by tjeales. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

Stinking longicorn about 2 cm long (0.79 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)
as long as 3 grains of rice in a rowcould run across a dinner table in 10 seconds

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cool stuff

Fun facts

1

When it feels threatened, it lets out a stinky liquid from small glands near its eyes.

2

Longhorn beetles are named for their very long feelers.

3

It grows to about 2 centimetres long.

you asked

Most asked questions about Stinking longicorn

?Why is it called the stinking longicorn?

Because when it is scared it lets out a stinky liquid from glands near its eyes.

?How big is the stinking longicorn?

About 20 millimetres, which is 2 centimetres long.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Stenoderus suturalis
Group
Beetles
Family
Cerambycidae
Classification
Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
Lives on
Australia and Oceania

Where the facts come from

  1. Stenoderus suturalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by tjeales. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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