Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Huhu beetle

Prionoplus reticularis White


Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae

Size range

  • Large beetle, 40–5 0mm long

Distribution

  • A New Zealand native

Life History

  • Adult does not eat and lives 2 weeks only
  • Larvae feed in dead rotting wood
  • Pupate in a cavity excavated in wood

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