Horsfield's Longhorn vs Blood-red Click Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Horsfield's Longhorn Blood-red Click Beetle
Scientific Name Batocera horsfieldi Ampedus sanguinolentus
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Cerambycidae Elateridae
Size 40-65 mm 10-14 mm
Habitat Forests Woodlands
Diet Wood Feeders Blood Feeders
Regions India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand Europe
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Horsfield's Longhorn

A large flat-faced longhorn beetle found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Adults are mottled grey-brown with distinctive pale patches on the elytra. Larvae bore into the heartwood of fig and mango trees.

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Did You Know?

Females chew a T-shaped incision in bark to lay eggs, a behavior unique to Batocera species.

Blood-red Click Beetle

A striking click beetle with deep blood-red elytra and a black head and pronotum. Larvae develop in the decaying heartwood of old deciduous trees over a multi-year development cycle.

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Did You Know?

The genus Ampedus contains over 150 species worldwide, many with vibrant red or orange coloration.