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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | RHAGIUM BIFASCIATUM |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | TWO-BANDED LONGHORN BEETLE |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | Length up to 22mm. There is a variation in markings with the specimen in Fig 1 the most common. Each elytra has two oblique sandy coloured patches with a rusted area in between as well as 3 raised vertical lines. The pronotum has two sharp spines sticking out from opposite sides. |
| BEHAVIOUR | Slow moving and keen to fly if alarmed. Lays eggs in dead wood particularly coniferous. |
| DISTRIBUTION | Common throughout. |
| HABITAT | Wooded areas with coniferous trees. |
| PERIOD | Mainly early May to July. |