Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Eucalypt longhorn beetle

Photo from Rien van de Weteringh

Photo from Rien van de Weteringh

Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius)


Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae

Size range

  • Body up to 25 mm long.
  • Antennae up to 30 mm long.

Distribution

  • Australian, also in NZ

Life History

  • Grubs feed under bark of dead and dying gum trees.
  • Adults can fly, usually seen in summer.