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Alpine longhorn Rosalia

Rosalia alpina

The Alpine longhorn Rosalia is a beautiful beetle with long, colorful antennae. It loves to live in forests and is known for its striking blue and black colors that help it blend in with flowers and trees.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Alpine longhorn Rosalia is a strikingly beautiful beetle, featuring a blue-grey body with distinct black spots, resembling a mosaic pattern. Its exceptionally long, segmented antennae are also banded in blue-grey and black, making it highly recognizable and different from most other beetles.

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Alpine longhorn Rosalia
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Alpine longhorn Rosalia

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Finding this beetle means the forest is super healthy and has lots of old, decaying trees.

It's one of Europe's most famous protected insects because it's so rare and special.

Its larvae live inside dead wood for up to four years before finally emerging as adult beetles!

Males often guard females on logs to protect them from other males, quite the romance!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Forest Camouflage

Alpine longhorn Rosalia has striking blue-grey and black patterns that help them blend perfectly with lichen-covered beech bark, avoiding predators.

Fähigkeit

Antennae Touch & Scent

Alpine longhorn Rosalia can detect mates and food sources using their incredibly long, segmented antennae that sense vibrations and chemicals.

Fähigkeit

Wood-Boring Power

Young Alpine longhorn Rosalia can tunnel through tough, decaying wood because of their strong mandibles, which help them eat and grow.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-76 mm
Größe
15-38 mm
Lebenserwartung
45-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10-20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip tree sap, while their larvae munch through decaying wood for years.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are xylophagous, feeding on decaying wood. Adults feed on tree sap, especially from damaged trees.

Hauptnahrung

  • Tree sap
  • Decaying beech wood
  • Decaying elm wood
  • Decaying ash wood
  • Decaying hornbeam wood

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Larvae bore into its decaying wood.

eaten by

European Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Woodpeckers find larvae in wood.

eats

Small-leaved Lime

Tilia cordata

Larvae also feed on its dead wood.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch insects, as some can be delicate or might bite.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

30-76 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

15-38 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

45-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

10-20 km/h

Was frisst Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

Adults sip tree sap, while their larvae munch through decaying wood for years.

Wo findet man Alpine longhorn Rosalia normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

6

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