Live-oak root borer
The live-oak root borer is a big, dark beetle, almost black and shiny. It can be nearly as long as your finger. It is famous for digging into the roots of oak trees.
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Fun facts
It is the only species in its whole genus, with no close sister species.
The sides of its chest are covered in small sharp spines.
Most longhorn beetles have very long feelers, but this one has feelers shorter than its body.
Its legs are dark, smooth and shiny, with three tiny spurs.
Most asked questions about Live-oak root borer
?How big is the live-oak root borer?
It can reach about 57 millimetres, counting its jaws. That is nearly as long as a finger.
?What does the live-oak root borer eat?
It bores into the roots of oak trees and other hardwoods.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Archodontes melanopus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Archodontes (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 Plates: Dru Drury (1725–1803). Text: John Obadiah Westwood (1805–1893). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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