Wallace's Longhorn vs Hercules Ant

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Attribute Wallace's Longhorn Hercules Ant
Scientific Name Batocera wallacei Camponotus herculeanus
Order Coleoptera Hymenoptera
Family Cerambycidae Formicidae
Size 40-70 mm 6-14 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions Indonesia, New Guinea Northern Europe, Northern Asia, Northern North America
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Wallace's Longhorn

A large longhorn beetle named after the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Mottled brown and cream coloring provides excellent camouflage.

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Did You Know?

Named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Hercules Ant

A large black carpenter ant of boreal and montane forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Major workers have massive heads with powerful mandibles for excavating wood.

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Did You Know?

They can survive temperatures below minus 20 degrees Celsius by producing glycerol as a biological antifreeze.