Oak splendour beetle
The oak splendour beetle is a slim jewel beetle that shines metallic green. Near the back of its wing cases it has two little white spots. It lives on oak trees, and its babies grow up inside the bark.
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Fun facts
Its baby is a creamy white grub with no legs and two little horns at its back end. It can grow up to about 4 centimetres long.
A grown-up beetle usually lives about two months, but some live up to five.
It can fly several kilometres.
It used to be rare in Britain, but with warmer weather it is spreading further north.
It can travel to new countries hidden in wood that people ship around.
Most asked questions about Oak splendour beetle
?Is the oak splendour beetle dangerous?
Not to people. But its babies can harm oak trees.
?How big is the oak splendour beetle?
About 8 to 13 millimetres long.
?Why is it called a jewel beetle?
Because it shines like a metal-green jewel.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agrilus biguttatus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Buprestidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Buprestidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Oak buprestid beetle, Two-spotted oak borer
Where the facts come from
- Agrilus biguttatus (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 Siga. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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