Red-necked longhorn beetle
The red-necked longhorn beetle is a big shiny black beetle with a bright red neck shield and long feelers. It comes from eastern Asia. Its larvae tunnel inside fruit trees like peach, cherry, plum and apricot.
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Fun facts
The mother lays her eggs in cracks in the bark, mostly at the bottom of the tree.
Its whitish larvae can grow up to 5 centimetres long.
It travels to new countries hidden in wooden packing crates and in young trees from plant nurseries.
It was first found in Europe in 2010, near Naples in Italy.
In a badly hit orchard, more than half of the trees may have its larvae inside.
Most asked questions about Red-necked longhorn beetle
?Is the red-necked longhorn beetle dangerous?
Not to people, but it can badly damage and even kill fruit trees.
?What does the red-necked longhorn beetle look like?
A big beetle, 25 to 35 millimetres long, with a red neck shield and shiny black wing cases.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aromia bungii
- Named by
- Faldermann, 1835
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Europe
Where the facts come from
- Aromia bungii (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 carabus123. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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