Red-legged Jewel Beetle vs Japanese Pine Sawyer
Side-by-side species comparison
| Attribute | Red-legged Jewel Beetle | Japanese Pine Sawyer |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Castiarina rufipennis | Monochamus alternatus |
| Order | Coleoptera | Coleoptera |
| Family | Buprestidae | Cerambycidae |
| Size | 10-15 mm | 18-28 mm |
| Habitat | Woodlands | Forests |
| Diet | Nectar Feeders | Wood Feeders |
| Regions | Australia | East Asia, Japan/Korea |
| Conservation | Least Concern | Least Concern |
Red-legged Jewel Beetle
A medium-sized jewel beetle with reddish-brown elytra and metallic green thorax. It visits flowers in eucalypt woodlands across southern Australia.
Did You Know?
The genus Castiarina contains about 500 species, all found only in Australia and New Guinea.
Japanese Pine Sawyer
A large longhorn beetle known as 'matsu-no-madara-kamikiri,' responsible for transmitting pine wilt disease in Japan. The larvae develop in pine wood, and adults carry the devastating pine wood nematode.
Did You Know?
This beetle vectors the pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), which has killed millions of pine trees across Japan since the disease was first described in 1905.