Red Longhorn Beetle
Purpuricenus spectabilis.JARED: Mom's friend Laura took this picture in Hiroshima. It's a longhorn beetle called herigurobenikamikiri. In one of my bug books it says that it is 13-19mm long and is found all over Japan. It's season from May to July. When they are larvae, they eat bamboo, so adults usually lay their eggs in bamboo. I've seen lots of kamikirimushi (longhorn beetles), but not this kind. It looks like it has a face on it's back, and it's really colorful. I give it 5 legs out of 6.
EVERETT: It looks like a tentoumushi (ladybug) because it's red and black and has spots. But it's a kamikirimushi. It has nagai antennas (long antennae). I like it!
posted by Jared & Everett on 6/18/2006
2 Comments:
Hey guys! Thanks for using my photo! This bug was hanging out on the wall near the beach that leads to the torii, then it flew into a little girl's hair, but she didn't notice.
It's a cool picture. Thank you.
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