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πŸͺ² Beetles

Alpine Longhorn Beetle

Rosalia alpina

Vulnerable

About

A strikingly beautiful blue-grey beetle with black spots, listed on multiple European conservation directives. Depends on old-growth beech forests with standing dead wood.

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Did You Know?

This beetle is so dependent on ancient beech forests that a single dead tree can support an isolated population for decades β€” but when that tree is gone, so is the colony.