Latin Etymology: Stictoleptura ("tight wings") rubra rubra ("red")
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Male Red Pine Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) at Kettering, Northants, UK - July 2025 |
Featured Subspecies: ?
Weight: ? / Length: 19cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
A beetle species which has its larvae develop in dead wood, particularly favouring pines, firs and larches. Unusually for beetles in the UK, they are distinctively sexually dimorphic with the females being red while the males have an ochre coloured wingcase.
Related Species:
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Stictoleptura
SUBSPECIES: S. r. rubra, S. r. numidica
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A common resident species which is seen in Summer
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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