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πŸͺ² Beetles

Spined Bark Longhorn

Acanthocinus reticulatus

About

A small flattened longhorn with reticulate patterning on its elytra and long lateral spines on the pronotum. Found across European coniferous forests, it breeds under the bark of recently dead pines. Adults are cryptic and rarely seen.

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Did You Know?

This beetle's flattened body allows it to squeeze into bark crevices only 2-3 mm wide to lay eggs.