Comoros Islands Fruit Beetle vs Grey Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Comoros Islands Fruit Beetle Grey Longhorn
Scientific Name Goliathus goliatus comorensis Acanthocinus griseus
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Scarabaeidae Cerambycidae
Size 30-50 mm 8-16 mm
Habitat Farmland Forests
Diet Sap Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions Comoros Islands Europe, Caucasus, Western Siberia
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Comoros Islands Fruit Beetle

A large fruit chafer beetle found in the Comoros Islands of the Indian Ocean. Adults visit flowering and fruiting trees.

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Did You Know?

Males have a forked horn on the head used in pushing contests over feeding sites.

Grey Longhorn

A small, cryptically colored longhorn beetle with grey pubescence and faint darker markings on the elytra. It inhabits conifer forests across Eurasia, breeding in dead branches still attached to trees. Adults are nocturnal.

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Did You Know?

Males guard females during oviposition by standing on top of them, preventing rival males from mating.