Bug card No. 2738 of 4,939

Mango longhorn beetle

Batocera rubus

Eats: Wood BeetlesRainforests and jungles6 legs

The mango longhorn is a big beetle with very long feelers. It can grow as long as a grown up's finger. It lives in warm parts of Asia and feeds on mango and fig trees.

Lives in

Asia, from Japan and China to India, Java and the Philippines

Length

2 to 6.5 cm (0.79 to 2.6 in)

Top speed

about 0.64 km/h (0.4 mph)

On foot, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Not dangerous. Big beetles can pinch, so look but do not grab it.

What does it eat?

It feeds on mango trees, fig trees and rubber fig trees.

Photo of Mango longhorn beetle — Picture by Gouthamching. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

as long as 2 toy building bricks in a rowcould run across a dinner table in 5.6 seconds

How big is Mango longhorn beetle compared to YOU?

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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)

Mango longhorn beetle about 0.64 km/h (0.4 mph)

A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

cool stuff

Fun facts

It can be anywhere from 2 to 6.5 centimetres long.

It was named in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, the scientist who started giving animals their scientific names.

Its other name is the rubber root borer.

you asked

Most asked questions about Mango longhorn beetle

?How big is the mango longhorn beetle?

Big, about 20 to 65 millimetres long, plus its long feelers.

?What does the mango longhorn beetle eat?

It feeds on mango trees, fig trees and rubber fig trees.

For bug experts

Scientific name: Batocera rubus
Named by: Linnaeus, 1758
Group: Beetles
Family: Cerambycidae
Classification: Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
Lives on: Asia
Also known as: Rubber root borer

Where the facts come from

Batocera rubus (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 Gouthamching. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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