Broad-shouldered Diving Beetle vs Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Broad-shouldered Diving Beetle Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Scientific Name Dytiscus latissimus Bunaea alcinoe
Order Coleoptera Lepidoptera
Family Dytiscidae Saturniidae
Size 36-44 mm 100-160 mm wingspan
Habitat Ponds & Lakes Underground
Diet Omnivores Omnivores
Regions Northern Europe, Scandinavia Sub-Saharan Africa
Conservation Vulnerable Least Concern

Broad-shouldered Diving Beetle

The largest European diving beetle and one of the largest aquatic beetles in the world. It inhabits clean, fish-poor lakes and is increasingly rare.

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Did You Know?

It is protected under the EU Habitats Directive and is one of the most endangered beetles in Europe.

Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth

A large emperor moth with reddish-brown wings bearing prominent eyespots. Larvae are gregarious and covered in branching spines.

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Did You Know?

In parts of southern Africa, the large protein-rich caterpillars are harvested and eaten as mopane worm alternatives.