Spotted Cucumber Beetle vs Black-striped Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Spotted Cucumber Beetle Black-striped Longhorn
Scientific Name Diabrotica undecimpunctata Stenurella melanura
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Chrysomelidae Cerambycidae
Size 5-7mm 6-9 mm
Habitat Farmland Woodlands
Diet Root Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions North America Europe
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

A yellowish-green beetle with eleven black spots on its elytra. It is a significant agricultural pest of cucurbits, corn, and other crops.

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Did You Know?

Its larvae are known as corn rootworms and can cause billions of dollars in crop damage annually.

Black-striped Longhorn

A small, attractive longhorn beetle commonly found on flowers in summer. Has dark wing tips on a yellowish-brown body. Larvae develop in dead deciduous wood.

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Did You Know?

One of the most commonly seen longhorn beetles on flowers, particularly hogweed and other umbellifers.