Graybeal's Longhorn vs Arrowhead Spiketail

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Graybeal's Longhorn Arrowhead Spiketail
Scientific Name Anoplophora graafi Cordulegaster obliqua
Order Coleoptera Odonata
Family Cerambycidae Cordulegastridae
Size 30-50 mm 70-80 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Omnivores
Regions Sulawesi, Indonesia North America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Graybeal's Longhorn

A large and stout longhorn beetle from the forests of Sulawesi, with a dark body covered in dense greyish-blue pubescence. The elytra bear scattered pale spots. It is a wood borer of tropical hardwoods.

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Did You Know?

Females of this species can lay over 200 eggs during their adult lifespan of several months.

Arrowhead Spiketail

A large spiketail dragonfly with arrowhead-shaped yellow markings along its dark abdomen. It is found along seepage-fed streams in eastern North American forests.

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Did You Know?

Females can insert eggs directly into hard-packed stream gravel using their spike-like ovipositor.