Cerambycidae

Longhorn beetles

Arthropods (Arthropoda)---Insects (Insecta)----Beetles (Coleoptera)----Polyphaga----Chrysomeloidea----Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)

Longhorn beetles are mainly herbivorous medium-sized beetles found in forests and hedgerows with very long antennae, normally as long as their body length. Many of the larger species have a fairly painful bite which is because of the way the adults chew wood. The family name Ceryambycidae supposedly comes from the Greek word kerambex referring to a type of horned beetle (karabos= beetle + kerax=horn). Longhorn beetles are also known as longicorn beetles in a few parts of the world.

The subfamilies are Basic longhorns (Cerambycinae), Flower longhorns (Lepturinae), Flat-faced longhorns (Lamiinae), Thin longhorns (Disteniinae) and also Aseminae, Spondylidinae, Prioninae and Parandrinae.

Red-shouldered Longhorn		Black Flower Longhorn
Phymatodes dimidatus		Grammoptera subargentata
Striped Longhorn beetle		Purple & Gold Longhorn beetle
Pidonia densicollis		Meriellum proteus
Large Longhorn beetle		Mini Zebra Longhorn
Arhopalus sp.		Pogonocherus mixtus
Large Longhorn beetle		Large Longhorn beetle
Arhopalus sp.		Arhopalus sp.

Pollen Longhorn		Longhorn beetle
Gnathacmaeops pratensis		Pronocera collaris