Red-headed ash borer
The red-headed ash borer is a reddish-brown longhorn beetle with four yellow stripes across its body. It looks a lot like a wasp, which helps keep hungry birds away. It has long feelers and extra long middle and back legs.
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Fun facts
It can hitch a ride into houses inside firewood, but it does not damage the house.
When the beetles come out of the wood in spring, they leave little round holes behind.
It helps the forest by making dead trees break down faster, which gives room and food to new plants.
Its feelers get thicker towards the tips.
Most asked questions about Red-headed ash borer
?Is the red-headed ash borer a wasp?
No. It is a beetle that looks like a wasp to fool birds. It cannot sting.
?Why is there a beetle coming out of my firewood?
Red-headed ash borers often live in firewood and come out in spring. They do not harm your home.
?How big is the red-headed ash borer?
It is about 12 to 16 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Neoclytus acuminatus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Neoclytus acuminatus (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 Brem1964. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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