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Flower longhorn beetle / Te pihiroa noho putiputi Zorion guttigerum. Justin C. Smith, MAF / CC BY 3.0 AU (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en)
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Cerambycidae
Te Rahi
- He pītara iti, e 5 mm noa iho te roa
Size range
- Small, 5 mm
Te Tītaringa
- He momo māori
Distribution
- Native
Te Huringa Ora
- Kai ai i te ngongo me te hae o ngā tipu māori me ngā tipu rāwaho o te māra
- Noho ai ngā torongū ki raro i te hiako o te rākau, ki roto rānei i ngā manga rākau.
- He iti te pītara nei, he wā anō ka pōhēhētia he pōpokoriki.
- Noho tahi ai ki te harakeke me ētahi atu pua māori.
Life history
- Feed on nectar and pollen of native and introduced garden plants
- Grubs live under bark or in dead branches
- Sometimes mistaken for an ant
- Associated with flax and other native flowers