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Two-banded longhorn beetle This large beetle (20mm) was sitting on a fallen tree. They seem to be quite common and I saw several that day, but I haven&#039;t seen this beetle before myself.<br />
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Dutch name: Bonte Ribbelboktor (Rhagium bifasciatum) Cerambycidae,Geotagged,Lepturinae,Rhagium,Rhagium bifasciatum,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge

Two-banded longhorn beetle

This large beetle (20mm) was sitting on a fallen tree. They seem to be quite common and I saw several that day, but I haven't seen this beetle before myself.

Dutch name: Bonte Ribbelboktor (Rhagium bifasciatum)

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Dutch name: Bonte Ribbelboktor (Rhagium bifasciatum) Cerambycidae,Geotagged,Lepturinae,Rhagium,Rhagium bifasciatum,The Netherlands
    Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago

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''Rhagium bifasciatum'', sometimes called the two-banded longhorn beetle, is one of the most common longhorn beetles in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, although it is absent from the far north-east of Europe and some offshore islands, such as Malta. It may reach 22 millimetres long and can be distinguished by the two prominent pale yellow bands on each of the elytra, although up to seventeen different patterns have been recognised.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded May 6, 2013. Captured May 4, 2013 12:00 in A67, 5646 Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • SLT-A55V
  • f/3.5
  • 1/160s
  • ISO100
  • 90mm