High-altitude Longhorn Beetle vs Tahoe Timema

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute High-altitude Longhorn Beetle Tahoe Timema
Scientific Name Evodinus borealis Timema tahoe
Order Coleoptera Phasmatodea
Family Cerambycidae Timematidae
Size 10-16 mm 1.5-2.5 cm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Herbivores
Regions Scandinavia, Northern Asia, Alps United States (California, Nevada - Sierra Nevada)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

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.

Tahoe Timema

A small timema found near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It inhabits coniferous forests at moderate to high elevations.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the highest-elevation stick insects in North America, found above 1,500 meters in the Sierra Nevada.