Fig longhorn beetle
Xylotoles griseus
The fig longhorn beetle is a longhorn beetle from New Zealand. Like all longhorns, it has long feelers. It is common all over New Zealand and grows up in the wood of many kinds of trees.
Lives in
New Zealand, and once found in England
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting.
What does it eat?
It feeds mostly on dead wood, for example of elm and fig trees.
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)
Fig longhorn beetle about 0.4 km/h (0.25 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
In 2014 it was found in England for the first time, in a fig tree that had just been cut down in Devon.
2
It breeds in many different kinds of trees.
3
It was first described in 1775 under another genus name.
4
Two colour varieties of it have been named.
you asked
Most asked questions about Fig longhorn beetle
?Where does the fig longhorn beetle live?
In New Zealand, where it is common. It has also been found in England.
?What does the fig longhorn beetle eat?
Mostly dead wood from many kinds of trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Xylotoles griseus
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania, Europe
- Also known as
- Fig longhorn
Where the facts come from
- Xylotoles griseus (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 Steve Kerr. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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