Four-banded longhorn beetle

Leptura quadrifasciata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

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Four-banded longhorn beetle
Photo: Theo Rickert, CC BY

The four-banded longhorn beetle is a black beetle with four yellow bands across its wing covers. Adults are 11 to 20 mm long and the larvae live in dead or decaying wood of many tree species, preferring damp conditions.

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How to recognize it

It is black with four transverse yellow bands, though sometimes the bands may be faint or the elytra almost entirely black.

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Size

Adults measure between 11 and 20 mm in length.

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What it eats

The larvae feed on the wood of a variety of trees, as listed for their habitat.

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Life cycle

The beetle’s life cycle takes two to three years to complete.

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Where it comes from

It occurs throughout northern and central Europe and Asia, being especially common in Scandinavia, Finland and Great Britain.

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More photos

Four-banded longhorn beetle photo 3
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY
Four-banded longhorn beetle photo 4
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Four-banded longhorn beetle photo 5
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Four-banded longhorn beetle photo 6
Photo: captainclover, CC BY

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/Leptura_quadrifasciata

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