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The musk beetle - Aromia moschata Never seen before and after reading the info a rare phenomenon in the Netherlands Aromia moschata,Arthropoda,Beetles,Cerambycidae Aromia,Coleoptera,Geotagged,Insecta,Musk beetle,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

The musk beetle - Aromia moschata

Never seen before and after reading the info a rare phenomenon in the Netherlands

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    And you've done it much justice. It looks to be longhorn day, just now another one was introduced:

    longhorn beetle This little fellow walked across our path whilst we were sat out enjoying a glass of wine. Long horn indeed, those antenna were each over 80mm long Bulgaria,Cerambyx cerdo,Geotagged,Summer,europe,longhorn beetle

    And I can't help sharing this story...in Malaysia a few years ago I was on a small walk on my own just outside the lodge checking the bushes for birds. I didn't do macro then. Out comes an insect so large that I could hear it walking through the grass, almost like a rabbit. It was this giant longhorn thing:

    Batocera closeup One of the largest insects in the world, its horns exceed the length of the body. Batocera Wallacei,Batocera wallacei,Insects,Malaysia

    Poor photo, but it scared me senseless.

     Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
  2. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    Great story! When I encountered this one I was really confused, because I didn't know we had such a big species here in The Netherlands :) Posted 11 years ago
  3. View Paul Dirksen's profile
    Paul Dirksen
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    Very nice wendy, as sharp as a needle. Posted 5 years ago

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The Musk beetle

The musk beetle is a Eurasian species of longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribe Callichromatini. Its name comes from the musky smell it emits.

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Uploaded Aug 13, 2014. Captured in Brandse Steeg, 5071 Udenhout, The Netherlands.
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