Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer vs Blue Nawab

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer Blue Nawab
Scientific Name Acanthocinus princeps Polyura schreiber
Order Coleoptera Lepidoptera
Family Cerambycidae Nymphalidae
Size 14-23mm 80-100 mm wingspan
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Dung Feeders
Regions North America Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer

A grey-brown longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that can be four times its body length. Males antennae are longer than females.

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Did You Know?

Its antennae are among the longest relative to body size of any beetle and are used to detect female pheromones.

Blue Nawab

A powerful and fast-flying butterfly with a pale bluish-white upper surface and intricate brown and orange undersides. It has distinctive short tails on the hindwings and a rapid, gliding flight.

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Did You Know?

Unlike many butterflies, the Blue Nawab rarely visits flowers and instead prefers fermenting fruit and animal dung for nutrients.