Great capricorn beetle
The great capricorn beetle is one of the biggest beetles in Europe, longer than your thumb. It is black, with wing cases that turn reddish brown at the tips. The boys have amazing feelers that are even longer than their whole body.
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Fun facts
The boy's feelers are longer than his body, but the girl's are only as long as her wing cases.
It is a longhorn beetle, a group famous for their very long feelers.
It once lived in Britain, but it died out there hundreds of years ago. Scientists have found British ones about 4000 years old.
Its feelers look a bit like the curly horns of a goat, which is where the name capricorn comes from.
Most asked questions about Great capricorn beetle
?How big is the great capricorn beetle?
It is about 4 to 5,5 centimetres long, one of the biggest beetles in Europe.
?Is the great capricorn beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
?Where does the great capricorn beetle live?
In old oak woods in Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cerambyx cerdo
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Cerambyx longicorn
Where the facts come from
- Cerambyx cerdo (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 Beko. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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