Pondo-Pondo Longhorn Beetle

Description:

Striking beetles with distinctive long, thin antennae that can be up to 4 times the length of the body. They are small to very large in size (3-100mm). The colouration varies. The nocturnal species tend to be cryptic coloured and the diurnal species are often brightly coloured or metallic coloured.

Notes:

Adults feed on wood, roots, pollen, leaves or nectar. Eggs are laid in, stems, roots and timeber - dead or living. Larvae then burrow into the wood and this family therefore includes many timber pests.