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White-spotted longicorn beetle

Amazing fact

Adult white-spotted longicorn beetles also gather at electric lights.

守山市
White-spotted longicorn beetle in its habitat (illustration)

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Adult white-spotted longicorn beetles also gather at electric lights.

Source守山市 — 美崎公園とその周辺の自然（甲虫のなかま）

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THE REAL WORLD

The real White-spotted longicorn beetle

Scientific name
Anoplophora malasiaca
Japanese name
ゴマダラカミキリ
Group
Insects
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Anoplophora
Facts about the real animal.
01

A longhorn beetle found widely from Hokkaido to the Nansei Islands. Adults appear in summer.

まちだエコライフ推進公社 — まちだのいきものたち ゴマダラカミキリ
02

Its glossy black body is scattered with white spots. It makes a squeaky 'chii-chii' sound.

守山市 — 美崎公園とその周辺の自然（甲虫のなかま）
03

It gathers on trees such as mulberry, fig and citrus and eats the bark and leaves of living trees.

守山市 — 美崎公園とその周辺の自然（甲虫のなかま）

Basic data

Size
Body length: 23–35 mm
Diet
Bark of willows, figs, citrus and other trees
Range
Hokkaido to the Nansei Islands
まちだエコライフ推進公社

Where the White-spotted longicorn beetle has been recorded

World map with dots where the White-spotted longicorn beetle has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesJapanForestsTowns and parks

Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.

Names around the world

简体中文
胸斑星天牛
繁體中文
馬拉白星天牛

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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