Garden Grass-veneer vs Stag-jawed Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Garden Grass-veneer Stag-jawed Longhorn
Scientific Name Chrysoteuchia culmella Dorysthenes buqueti
Order Lepidoptera Coleoptera
Family Crambidae Cerambycidae
Size 20-26 mm wingspan 40-70mm
Habitat Gardens Farmland
Diet Root Feeders Root Feeders
Regions Europe, Northern Asia Asia
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Garden Grass-veneer

A small straw-colored moth with a silvery sheen and prominent labial palps forming a snout. It is one of the commonest grass moths in European lawns.

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Did You Know?

Hundreds can be flushed from a single patch of lawn when walking through grass at dusk.

Stag-jawed Longhorn

A large dark brown longhorn beetle with massive toothed mandibles in males resembling those of stag beetles. It is attracted to lights at night.

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Did You Know?

In Thailand the larvae are roasted and eaten as a popular street food snack.