Amber Phantom vs High-altitude Longhorn Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Amber Phantom High-altitude Longhorn Beetle
Scientific Name Haetera piera Evodinus borealis
Order Lepidoptera Coleoptera
Family Riodinidae Cerambycidae
Size 55-65 mm wingspan 10-16 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Fruit Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions South America Scandinavia, Northern Asia, Alps
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Amber Phantom

Largely transparent wings with small amber patches and pink-ringed eyespots. Floats through dark forest understory like a ghost.

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Did You Know?

Its nearly invisible wings make it almost undetectable as it drifts through dim forest shade.

High-altitude Longhorn Beetle

A flower-visiting longhorn beetle of boreal and montane conifer forests. Its larvae develop in decaying conifer wood at high elevations.

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Did You Know?

Adults are important pollinators of alpine wildflowers.