Japanese Carpenter Bee vs Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Japanese Carpenter Bee Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect Longhorn
Scientific Name Xylocopa appendiculata Penthea vermicularis
Order Hymenoptera Coleoptera
Family Apidae Cerambycidae
Size 20-25 mm 20-30 mm body length
Habitat Woodlands Woodlands
Diet Wood Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions East Asia, Japan Australia
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Japanese Carpenter Bee

A large, robust carpenter bee known as 'kumabachi' (bear bee) in Japanese due to its fuzzy appearance. Builds nests by boring tunnels into dead wood. An important pollinator of many plants.

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Did You Know?

Despite their intimidating buzz and large size, Japanese carpenter bees are generally docile, and males cannot sting at all.

Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect Longhorn

A slender longhorn beetle with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage patterning. It is found on dead wood in eucalypt forests of eastern Australia.

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Did You Know?

Its bark-like coloring makes it virtually invisible when resting on dead tree trunks.