Black-striped Longhorn vs Eastern Snowy Tree Cricket

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Black-striped Longhorn Eastern Snowy Tree Cricket
Scientific Name Stenurella melanura Quesada gigas
Order Coleoptera Hemiptera
Family Cerambycidae Cicadidae
Size 6-9 mm 55-65 mm
Habitat Woodlands Woodlands
Diet Wood Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions Europe Central America, South America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Black-striped Longhorn

A small, attractive longhorn beetle commonly found on flowers in summer. Has dark wing tips on a yellowish-brown body. Larvae develop in dead deciduous wood.

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Did You Know?

One of the most commonly seen longhorn beetles on flowers, particularly hogweed and other umbellifers.

Eastern Snowy Tree Cricket

One of the largest Neotropical cicadas with a body length exceeding 60 mm. It has greenish transparent wings and a robust body, producing an enormously loud call.

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Did You Know?

In Costa Rica and Brazil, it is commonly called 'chicharra' and its deafening chorus marks the transition from dry season to wet season.