Citrus longhorn beetle
The citrus longhorn beetle is a beetle with very long feelers that comes from East Asia. Its babies live inside trees and tunnel through the wood. It is a big worry for gardeners and fruit growers, because it can kill whole trees.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It sneaks into other countries by hiding inside plants and wood that are shipped across the world.
In the United States, it was found hiding in little bonsai trees sent from Asia.
People in one town were asked not to move firewood around, so the beetle could not spread.
As the larva grows, it moves deeper into the tree, where the wood is a bit warmer.
From egg to grown-up beetle takes about one to two years.
Most asked questions about Citrus longhorn beetle
?What does the citrus longhorn beetle do to trees?
Its larvae tunnel through the wood and roots, and that can kill the tree.
?Where does the citrus longhorn beetle come from?
From East and Southeast Asia, such as China, Korea and Japan.
?Is the citrus longhorn beetle dangerous to people?
No, it is only dangerous to trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anoplophora chinensis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Europe
- Also known as
- Citrus long-horned beetle
Where the facts come from
- Citrus long-horned beetle (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by No machine-readable author provided. Iwatebud assumed (based on copyright claims).. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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