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πŸͺ² Beetles

Red-tipped Flower Longhorn

Stictoleptura rubra

About

A sexually dimorphic flower longhorn where males have tawny-yellow elytra and females are bright red. Common across European conifer forests, it breeds in old pine stumps. Adults are regular visitors to hogweed and other umbellifers.

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Did You Know?

The dramatic color difference between sexes led early entomologists to describe them as two separate species.