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Violet Longhorn

Callidium violaceum

About

A compact, flat cerambycid with a striking metallic violet coloration across its entire body. Widespread in conifer forests of the Northern Hemisphere, it breeds in dry dead conifer wood. Adults are occasionally found in houses after emerging from firewood.

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Did You Know?

Larvae can survive in kiln-dried timber and have emerged from furniture and log cabin walls years after construction.