Brown prionid
Orthosoma brunneum
The brown prionid is a brown longhorn beetle. Longhorn beetles have very long feelers. This one has several sharp spikes on the shield behind its head.
Lives in
North America, in forests
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless if you leave it alone. Like other big beetles, it could pinch if you grab it.
What does it eat?
Its grubs live inside wood and chew it, like the grubs of many longhorn beetles.
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)
Brown prionid about 0.4 km/h (0.25 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is the only species in its whole genus, Orthosoma.
2
The spikes on the shield behind its head help scientists tell its genus apart.
3
Its genus name was once given to a tiny parasite too, so the parasite had to get a new name.
you asked
Most asked questions about Brown prionid
?Is the brown prionid dangerous?
No. It is harmless if you just look at it.
?What does the brown prionid eat?
Its grubs live in wood and eat it.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Orthosoma brunneum
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Orthosoma (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 Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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