Wood crane longhorn-beetle
The wood crane longhorn-beetle has super long legs that make it look almost like a spider. Its body is yellow or nearly white with big brown or black spots, and its legs are bluish black. It lives in the forests of Southeast Asia.
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Fun facts
It is the only species in its group, the genus Gerania.
From end to end it can measure about 7 to 8 centimetres, and about 6 centimetres across when you count its feelers.
Its colours change a lot from one beetle to the next.
The males are bigger than the females and have even longer legs and feelers.
Because of its spider-like legs it is popular with beetle collectors.
Most asked questions about Wood crane longhorn-beetle
?Is the wood crane longhorn-beetle a spider?
No. It is a beetle with six very long legs that make it look a little like a spider.
?Where does the wood crane longhorn-beetle live?
In mixed forests of India and Southeast Asia, as far as the islands of Indonesia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gerania bosci
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Gerania bosci (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 Basile Morin. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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