Striped thistle longhorn beetle
The striped thistle longhorn beetle is a slim little beetle with very long feelers. It climbs around on tall meadow plants in late spring and early summer. Its favourite food is the prickly thistle.
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Fun facts
Its second name, cardui, comes from the scientific name of the thistle it loves to eat.
The grown-up beetles can be seen from April to July.
It goes from egg to grown-up beetle in just one year.
It is spreading to new places. In May 2018 it was found in England for the first time.
Most asked questions about Striped thistle longhorn beetle
?What does the striped thistle longhorn beetle eat?
Soft plants, most of all thistles. It also eats sage and nettles.
?How big is the striped thistle longhorn beetle?
Its body is about 6 to 14 millimetres long, but its feelers make it look much longer.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agapanthia cardui
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Agapanthia cardui (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 Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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