Black Longicorn Beetle

Spondylis buprestoides · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

Damages trees, gardens or crops. It bores into bark and wood, which can damage trees and wooden structures.

Source: Wikipedia

Black Longicorn Beetle
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY

These beetles are shiny black, cylindrical and have large mandibles. They are found across most of Europe and have also been recorded in South Korea and Japan. They feed on bark and wood, so they can harm trees and wooden material.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The beetle is shiny black, cylindrical in shape, and has large mandibles.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

It is a bark and wood-boring beetle.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Black Longicorn Beetle photo 3
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Black Longicorn Beetle photo 4
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY

Questions people ask

What does the Black Longicorn Beetle eat?

It feeds on bark and wood.

Source: Wikipedia

Where is this beetle found?

It is present throughout most of Europe and has also been recorded in South Korea and Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Cerambycidae)

House LonghornHouse LonghornHylotrupes bajulusCan damage your homeAsian Longhorned BeetleAsian Longhorned BeetleAnoplophora glabripennisDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Milkweed BeetleRed Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmusWhite-spotted SawyerWhite-spotted SawyerMonochamus scutellatusCan damage your homeRed Pine Longhorn BeetleRed Pine Longhorn BeetleStictoleptura rubraSpotted Longhorn BeetleSpotted Longhorn BeetleRutpela maculataDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylis_buprestoides

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