Longhorn beetle facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Cerambycidae

Necydalis mellita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
Cerambycinae Lamiinae Lepturinae Necydalinae Parandrinae Prioninae Spondylidinae

The longhorn beetles or long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae) are a family of beetles that usually have very long antennae. They can be longer than the beetles' body.

Species

Cactus longhorn beetle
Citrus long-horned beetle
Phymatodes nitidus
Asian long-horned beetle
Milkweed beetle
Valley elderberry longhorn beetle

Images for kids

Eburia quadrigeminata, the Ivory Marked Borer
Decora longicorn (Amphirhoe decora)
Gerania bosci
Anoplophora chinensis
Common tuft bearing longhorn beetle (Aristobia approximator)

See also

In Spanish: Cerambycidae para niños

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