Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle

Psacothea hilaris · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

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Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle
Photo: Ken Walker, Museum Victoria, CC BY 3.0

The yellow-spotted longicorn beetle is a beetle with distinctive yellow spots. It occurs naturally in North Korea, China and Japan, and has been introduced to Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The beetle is known as the yellow-spotted longicorn beetle.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It has been found in Italy after being introduced there.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North Korea, China and Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle photo 3
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Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle photo 4
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Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle photo 5
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Yellow-spotted Longicorn Beetle photo 6
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA

Same family (Cerambycidae)

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Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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