Red Pine Longhorn Beetle

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Stictoleptura rubra

Red Pine Longhorn Beetle, a reference photo
Photo: Hedwig Storch · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Stictoleptura rubra, the red-brown longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae. They visit flowering plants for nectar and pollen, while larvae develop and feed within dead wood and tree stumps of coniferous trees (Picea, Pinus, Abies, Larix). They have yeasts in their gut, enabling them to digest cellulose.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Red Pine Longhorn Beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Species
Stictoleptura rubra

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