Agapanthia amurensis is a small longhorn beetle, roughly 0.4–0.8 in (1–2 cm) long, that is tied to grassy meadows rather than forests. It is found in northeastern Asia and does not occur in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- A small, slender longhorn beetle. Its antennae are plain rather than mottled, and its body is lighter in color than that of the very similar Agapanthia pilicornis.
Look-alikes
Agapanthia pilicornis
A. amurensis has plain, unmottled antennae and a lighter body color; A. pilicornis has mottled antennae.
Why they get mixed upThe two are closely related, look very much alike, and both live in northeastern Asia.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- meadows
- Range
- Northeastern Asia, from Lake Baikal east to the Pacific coast, including the Russian Far East, northern Mongolia, northeastern China, and the Korean Peninsula. It is not found in North America.
- Preferred conditions
- Associated with a range of herbaceous plants, so it lives where grasses and other herbs grow.
Behavior
- Activity
- Adults are recorded from about May to July, and in the Russian Far East and Siberia they fly from late May or early June through August.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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