Notched-mouth Ground Beetle vs Sumatran Flat-faced Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Notched-mouth Ground Beetle Sumatran Flat-faced Longhorn
Scientific Name Dicheirus dilatatus Batocera numitor
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Carabidae Cerambycidae
Size 25-35 mm 50-90 mm
Habitat Grasslands Farmland
Diet Predators Wood Feeders
Regions Southern Africa Southeast Asia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Indonesia, Malaysia)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Notched-mouth Ground Beetle

A large southern African ground beetle with powerful mandibles and a robust body. It is a formidable predator found in savanna and bushveld regions.

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Did You Know?

Its mandibles are strong enough to crack open the shells of large land snails.

Sumatran Flat-faced Longhorn

A very large longhorn beetle with grey-brown mottled elytra and exceptionally long antennae. The flat face and powerful mandibles help it strip bark from living trees.

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Did You Know?

It can produce loud squeaking sounds by rubbing a file on its thorax, a stridulation behavior used to startle predators.