#3455 · 🪲 beetles

Capricorn beetle

🇳🇱 Kleine heldenboktor ·Cerambyx scopolii

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © thierrygoubier · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. 767 01 Kroměříž, Česko:© romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Baden-Württemberg, DE:© Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Kal-Koritnica, Slovenia:© Joss Carr · CC BY 4.0
6. 02000 Mons-en-Laonnois, France:© S.Maerten · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Germany:© Gerrit Öhm · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Eckartsau, Austria:© Marilena Wilding · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sachsen-Anhalt, DE:© hellraiser2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 39051 Stadio-laimburg BZ, Italia:© Simone Meacci · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The capricorn beetle , Cerambyx scopolii Fuessly, is an invasive species of longhorn beetle from Europe. Its wood-boring larvae will grow in oak, willow, and chestnut, and in sufficient density can kill a tree.

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NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,764iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).