Humpbacked Mite-hunter vs Dahlia Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Humpbacked Mite-hunter Dahlia Longhorn
Scientific Name Scydmaenus hellwigii Agapanthia dahli
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Staphylinidae Cerambycidae
Size 1-1.5 mm 10-22 mm
Habitat Forests Farmland
Diet Detritivores Parasitoids
Regions Europe, Western Asia Europe, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Humpbacked Mite-hunter

A diminutive scydmaenine rove beetle with a distinctly humped profile and long, clubbed antennae. It specializes in hunting oribatid mites in the micro-habitats of forest floor detritus.

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Did You Know?

To overcome the mite's armor, this beetle first gnaws a small hole in the mite's exoskeleton, then inserts its mandibles to extract the soft tissues inside.

Dahlia Longhorn

A medium-sized longhorn with dense olive-green pubescence and a prominent yellow dorsal stripe on the pronotum. It is widely distributed across Europe and the Near East. Larvae develop inside the stems of umbellifers and composites.

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Did You Know?

Larvae create a distinctive plug of frass at the base of the stem before pupating inside a silken cocoon.