#cerambycidae — Public Fediverse posts

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó diófacincér - Aegosoma scabricorne https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/diofacincer/talalatok #diófacincér #AegosomaScabricorne #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

Took a little detour to some streetside pollinator gardens while running an errand today and was rewarded with SO. MANY. LOCUST. BORERS. 💛🖤💛

#bloomscrolling #bugstodon #insects #beetles #LonghornBeetles #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae

@penguin42 Yes, loooong horns. I realised that I don’t really understand why cerambycid beetles need such long horns, so I went looking and found a 2025 paper called "Why the Long “Horns”? Fine-­ Scale Morphology Suggests Tactile Demands Contributed to the Exaggeration of Male Longhorned Beetle Antennae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)", by Rowan French and colleagues.

They conclude that “our work is consistent with Hanks' (Hanks et al. 1996a) hypothesis that elongate cerambycid antennae enable rapid close-­range mate recognition” while long antennae also allow for lots of sensory pores for detecting long range volatiles from host plants.

So, it sounds like the long “horns” are for being able to quickly and safely tap to learn if another beetle is a potential mate or a competitor that you should keep your distance from. That’s especially in species where the males have much longer horns than the females. Also, the paper mentions that in some cerambycids, “males may use their antennae to chemically recognize and hit rival males during mate-­guarding”. That I’d like to see.

https://mahlerlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/french-et-al.-2025-why-the-long-horns.pdf

#entomology #beetles #Cerambycidae

Here's a new long-horn beetle for our house and garden: the NZ endemic *Eburida quadriguttata*.

This one flew into our house yesterday evening and landed next to my computer, so I photographed it. I've been recording all the species in our garden for over 15 years and this is the first time I've seen this species.

It's also the 14th observation of this species from the Christchurch District on #iNaturalist (and those are all the observations from here on #GBIF ).

I'm not sure why it is seen so infrequently. I read that their larvae have been reared from a wide range of native plants, from Clematis and bush lawyer vines to beech and rātā trees. The grubs take two years to develop and emerge from late August, so this one's right on time.

Welcome to our home.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/397135761

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #nz #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #Cerambycidae

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó feketefejű cincér - Phytoecia affinis https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/feketefeju-cincer/talalatok #feketefejűCincér #PhytoeciaAffinis #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó cser-tövisescincér - Rhagium mordax https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/cser-tovisescincer/talalatok #cserTövisescincér #RhagiumMordax #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

Close-up frontal portrait of a dark longhorn beetle (likely Morimus sp., Cerambycidae)
#longhornbeetle #Cerambycidae #Morimus #macrophotography #insectportrait #beetleantennae #wildlifemacro #entomology #closeup #coleoptera #naturephotography #macro

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó foltos virágcincér - Anoplodera sexguttata https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/foltos-viragcincer/talalatok #foltosVirágcincér #AnoploderaSexguttata #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience

Beetles from the other day:

- Red milkweed beetle (_Tetraopes tetrophthalmus_)—the scientific name translates as "four-eyes four-eyes", note how the antenna divides the eye in two; on its host plant, common milkweed (_Asclepias syriaca_)
- _Valgus hemipterus_ on Queen Anne's Lace (_Daucus carota_)
- Grapevine beetle (_Pelidnota punctata_) on Virginia creeper (_Parthenocissus quinquefolia_)
- Hairy flower scarab (_Trichiotinus_ sp.) on some kind of spiraea

All scarabs (family Scarabaeidae) except for the milkweed beetle who is a longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae).

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #LonghornBeetles #ScarabBeetles #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae #Scarabaeidae #Cetoniinae #Rutelinae

Tagsüber kaum aushaltbar - nachts haben die hohen Temperaturen wieder ihre schöne Seite gezeigt. Enormer Anflug am Leuchtturm in Reichwalde und Rietschen in der Nähe vom Biosphärenreservat Heide- und Teichlandschaft #BROHTL. Es wurden nur die kleine entoLEDtrap sowie eine USB-Glühbirne eingesetzt.

#Lepidoptera #Bocki #Cerambycidae #Lichtfang #Lighttrapping #Biodiversity

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó havasi cincér - Rosalia alpina https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/havasi-cincer/talalatok #havasiCincér #RosaliaAlpina #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

@diegopastor
Buena combinación de colores.

#coleoptera #cerambycidae #paracorymbia #paracorymbiastragulata #insecto #insects #bicho #bugs #macro #macrophotography #macrofotografía #naturaleza

Temnosternus catulus is a species of #beetle in the family #Cerambycidae. It was first described by McKeown in 1942. It is known from #Australia.

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó barna juharcincér - Alosterna tabacicolor https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/barna-juharcincer/talalatok #barnaJuharcincér #AlosternaTabacicolor #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó kék varfűcincér - Agapanthia intermedia https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/kek-varfucincer/talalatok #kékVarfűcincér #AgapanthiaIntermedia #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó barna gyalogcincér - Dorcadion fulvum https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/barna-gyalogcincer/talalatok #barnaGyalogcincér #DorcadionFulvum #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

Here's a Tunga Rere, the huhu beetle, NZ's largest native beetle species.

I'd forgotten I'd taken this photo and just found it in my backlog and popped it on iNaturalist (and Flickr).

They're fantastically chunky beetles.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/342393324

#beetles #nature #entomology #nz #Cerambycidae

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó hosszúcsápú szalmacincér - Calamobius filum https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/hosszucsapu-szalmacincer/talalatok #hosszúcsápúSzalmacincér #CalamobiusFilum #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience

Eunidia ochraceovittata is a species of #beetle in the family #Cerambycidae. It was described by #StephanVonBreuning in 1939.

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó házicincér - Hylotrupes bajulus https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/hazicincer/talalatok #házicincér #HylotrupesBajulus #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak cincérfélék családjába tartozó benge-darázscincér - Clytus rhamni https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/benge-darazscincer/talalatok #bengeDarázscincér #ClytusRhamni #cincérfélék #Cerambycidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

A Trigonarthris atrata flower longhorn feeds from the spring blooms of a rough-leafed dogwood. Austin, Texas.

#Cerambycidae #Longhorns #nature #Insects

I found this handsome longhorn beetle on the outside of our house last night. My daughter likened it to a 1970s station wagon from the movies, complete with wooden trim.

It's an endemic NZ species commonly called a lemon tree borer, although its larvae bore into many native trees as well. Here in Ōtautahi-Christchurch they've mostly been seen on #iNaturalist in October–December, so it's right on time.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324028205

#Oemona_hirta #nz #beetles #cerambycidae #entomology #insects

Found this massive beetle on the porch yesterday. It’s a hardwood stump borer, Mallodon dasystomus, one of Texas’ largest insects. #Prioninae #Insects #Beetles #Cerambycidae

Model and mimic: a clever longhorn beetle (Euderces reichei, at right) tries its best to look like a local carpenter ant, Campontous decipiens, as they both feed on a spring dogwood flower. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas.

#mimicry #Cerambycidae #Ants #Insects

My camera was already back in the bag when I almost stepped on this rather large longhorn beetle (#Cerambyx scopolii, no English name).

#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #animals #wildlife #insects #beetles #cerambycidae #CerambyxScopolii #LonghornBeetle #bockkäfer #eichenbock

Some DYI #focusstack again.

Chlorophorus glaucus (Fabricius, 1781) Ardennes, France. Sept. 2021.

C. glaucus is a small european wood-boring beetle

Published under #cc0 here https://www.flickr.com/photos/101430615@N03/53063591075/

#Coleoptera #Chrysomeloidea #Cerambycidae #macro #pentax #nature #photography #insect #wildlife