Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Flower longhorn beetle


Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae

Size range

  • Small, 5 mm

Distribution

  • Native

Life History

  • Feed on nectar and pollen of native and introduced garden plants
  • Grubs live under bark or in dead branches
  • Sometimes mistaken for an ant
  • Associated with flax and other native flowers