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rare
Rosalia Longicorn
Rosalia alpina
- Habitat
- Old-growth European beech forests, mountainous 500-1500m
- Body length
- 38 mm
- Order
- Coleoptera · Cerambycidae
Weird but real
Its powder-blue body and black velvet spots are dusted with fine hairs, and each antenna segment wears a tiny tuft like a paintbrush.
Why it's cool
A living Wedgwood vase on legs: this ash-blue beetle needs ancient dead beech wood, so it's a badge that a forest is truly old.
