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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.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseInsectaOrdenColeopteraFamiliaCerambycidaeGéneroRosalia
Alpine longhorn Rosalia
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Alpine longhorn Rosalia

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Rareza

Rare

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Forest Camouflage

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

Habilidad

Antennae Touch & Scent

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

Habilidad

Wood-Boring Power

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
30-76 mm
Tamaño
15-38 mm
Esperanza de vida
45-90 días
Velocidad de vuelo
10-20 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

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

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

30-76 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

15-38 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

45-90 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

10-20 km/h

¿Qué come Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Alpine longhorn Rosalia?

6

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