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The Titan Beetle, *Titanus giganteus*, is an Amazonian longhorn beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family. It’s notable for its immense size, making it one of the largest beetle species globally. Its powerful mandibles can exert significant force, capable of puncturing wood. This insect is primari...
The Harlequin Beetle is a sizable beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, commonly found in South America. Its distinctive appearance features complex patterns of black, red, and green across its wing casings, or elytra. This coloration provides camouflage within its rainforest habitat. The spe...
The Rosalia Longhorn Beetle is a protected beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family. It’s notable for its distinctive blue-grey exoskeleton marked with black spots. This species is exclusively found in old-growth beech forests of Europe and is particularly important for monitoring forest health....
The Great Capricorn Beetle is a sizable beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, specifically a European longhorn. It’s notable for its extraordinarily elongated antennae, reaching up to 15 centimeters. This species relies on old oak trees for habitat and sustenance. Due to deforestation and hab...
The Violin Beetle is a ground beetle native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia, notable for its flattened, leaf-like body shape that strongly resembles a stringed violin.
The Cottonwood Borer is a large longhorn beetle found in the United States, notable for its distinct black and white pattern and its destructive impact on trees.
The Red Milkweed Beetle is a North American cerambycid beetle notable for its bright red coloration, black spots, and exclusive feeding on toxic milkweed plants.
The Locust Borer is a longhorn beetle native to North America, notable for its yellow and black wasp-like coloring and its strict dependence on black locust trees.
The Banded Longhorn Beetle is a North American insect notable for its striking yellow and black banded patterns and its larvae's crucial role in breaking down dead wood.
The Painted Hickory Borer is a North American longhorn beetle notable for its elaborate black and yellow markings and its larvae's strict reliance on hickory wood.
The Wasp Beetle is a longhorn species widespread across Europe, notable for its striking black and yellow coloring that perfectly mimics the appearance of dangerous wasps.
The Elderberry Longhorn is a North American beetle notable for the male's striking metallic green elytra and distinct yellow bands covering its middle leg segments.
The Spotted Pine Sawyer is a wood-boring longhorn beetle found in North American forests, notable for its densely spotted elytra and its affinity for coniferous trees.
The Asian Longhorn Beetle is a wood-boring insect native to China and Korea, notable as a devastating invasive agricultural pest in North America and Europe.
The White-spotted Sawyer is a North American longhorn beetle notable for being a major structural pest of degraded or freshly cut coniferous timber across Canada.
The Tanbark Borer is a widespread longhorn beetle found across Eurasia, notable for its striking color variations and its larvae's destructive habit of feeding under tree bark.
The Rustic Borer is a North American longhorn beetle notable for the intricate, variable mottled gray and black patterns on its elytra that perfectly camouflage it on tree bark.
