The elongate body, long antennae and bright colors suggest that this is a long horned beetle, family Cerambycidae. This is a large family with over 1300 species in North America. These brightly colored adult beetles feed on flowers. Larvae of Cerambycid beetles are wood boring insects and are highly destructive to shade, forest and fruit trees. This particular insect is a locust borer.

And another look

The elongate body, long antennae and bright colors suggest that this is a long horned beetle, family Cerambycidae. This is a large family with over 1300 species in North America. These brightly colored adult beetles feed on flowers. Larvae of Cerambycid beetles are wood boring insects and are highly destructive to shade, forest and fruit trees. This particular insect is a locust borer.

Thank Yoy @ Mohammed H. Musleh for family indication.

For comparison: Anoplophora chinensis

Informative.

Rhagium mordax

Thanks a lot @Jonas Köhler

It seems to be Rhagium mordax, indeed.

Comparison

Undoubtedly, it is Rhagium mordax (De Geer, 1775).

Here is some more info about this widespread species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhagium_mordax

Is this pH 7.4 is the optimal? If it is not optimal ,do you have check below or above this 7.4?

Это, конечно, Rhagium mordax

Yes, is Rhagium mordax, a very interesting longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae from Europe. Larvae develop in silver fir Abies alba and hazel Corylus colurna.

Rhagium mordax

" Larvae develop in silver fir Abies alba and hazel Corylus colurna. "

R. mordax is an extremely polyphagous species but Quercus spp is the most preferable host plant, and conifers, including Abies, are chosen much less often.

Thanks you all a lot for identyfying, confirmation and details on Rhagium mordax.

Here is another beetle I'd met in Ustrzyki Górne (the above photo) and at least twice more time in their surrounding (Bieszczady Mountains) in May this year.

What beetle is this beautiful 'green-metalic' one?

another shot

This is a ground beetle (Carabidae), the species is Carabus auronitens Fabricius, 1792. Often found in the forest, is more common in higher altitudes.

Thanks a lot Dr. Martin Hauser.

Comparison

Thank you all once more. Here is another beetle i'd also met there. Could you say what species is it?

It is a weevil in the genus Liparus, likely L. glabrirostris. I am an expert for flies, so I am a bit cautious with beetle IDs. Check this one out: http://coleoptera.ksib.pl/kfp.php?taxonid=33548&l=en&dds=par

Dear Doctors, Yes it is Liparus glabrirostris (Curculionidae). The first photographied Coleoptera above, is Carabus auronitens. Felicitations to you both. You probably are studying ground beetle under semi-continental or atlantic climate of Europe. Sincerely yours. [email protected] Associated Scientist at French National Research Institute for Agriculture

I agree. One is Carabus auronitens Fabricius, 1792 and the other Liparus

glabrirostris the largest of north and cental European weevils

Liparus glabrirostris - thanks you a lot Dr @ Martin Hauser et al.

My Liparus glabrirostris once more

And what a beautiful beetle it is?

Another its photo

Maybe Pterostichus (Calopterus) pilosus (Host, 1789)

The last specimen strongly resembles Pterostichus pilosus (Carabidae), as Alexey correctly pointed on.

Dear Dr. Motyka, You don't say in what country you photgraphied this carabid species. Is it in one region of Russia or of another country of the Palaearctics? Without this information, it is impossible to say what are genus and species of this splendid insect. Sincerely yours, André Panis [email protected]

Dear Dr. Panis, it was taken in Bieszczady mountains, South Poland.

Thanks a lot Dr. Alexey Sazhnev and Dr. Dmitry Telnov.

Dear Dr. B. Motyka, I have examined your splendid photo of one Coleoptera Curculionoidea that you probably photographied in the Pieniny Mountains. You say that it was during spring. My opinion is one: Curculionidae Entiminae, Peritelini. May be of the genus Simo Dejean, 1821. I don't know at what altitude you found this insect. In Southwestern of France where I work on taxonomy of insects, we have two Simo species: variegetus Boheman 1842 which is adult from spring, polyphagous (Corylus avellana, spruce and so on) and hirticornis Hebst, 1795 adult too from spring and polyphagous (birch, spruce and so one). The two species are known here and there in all Europe; may be in altitude as in France, in Poland? Sicerely yours. André Panis, Dr in Entomology, Faculty of Science at Toulouse-Rangueil (Haute-Garonne), and Ingeneer in Agronomy at Rennes High School of Agriculture. Nowadays retiered from I.N.R.A., I am finishing inventory in one medium altitude Natural Regional Park where birch grows from about 1100 m in altitude. [email protected]

Dear Dr. B. Motyka, As I know where you have found photographied insects (in south of Poland, may be Cracovia region or Pieniny Mountains), I can give my opinion about your two splendid photos of one Adephaga Carabidae Elaphrinae (bronze color body) of the genus Elaphrus. It probably was found along bank of one river or of one marsh, on humid soil or under dead vegetal material. It would be E.aureus Müller (body length 5-7 mm) which lives in a great part of Poland (except towards Baltic Sea), or E. uliginosus Fabricius (body length 8-10 mm) which lives on sandy bank of lakes and marshes in Poland, or more probably, E. cupreus Duftschmid because one photo shows that tibias are redish brown. The 3 species live at low altitude. But you have found this species during spring. All 3 species live in Central and West Europe repectively at the following dates: aureus May-July; uliginosus April-August, cupreus April-August. Sincerely yours and best wishes for your interest for Coleoptera. [email protected]

Dor

maybe Geotrupes stercorarius

Dear Doctors Madame Motyka et Monsieur Rahiminejad, Yes I can confirm thats this species is Geotrupes stercorarius L., 1758 (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae). Sincerely yours, A. Panis, Associated Scientist at French National Research Institute for Agriculture.

Barbara,

It is a CERAMBYCIDAE beetle and the species is Rhagium mordax the black-spotted longhorn beetle.

https://www.google.com.co/search?q=Rhagium+mordax&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH3IGwxJbeAhWtpFkKHRkvC2EQ_AUIDigB&biw=1316&bih=920#imgrc=zCd23TNKBUaN9M:

i am interested .

Dear Dr.Abbas Marhoon, You dont't say if you are interested with the species of beetle found in Poland by Madame Motyika or by another species of beetle. And in what country do you work? Sincerely yours, André Panis, Associated Scientific at French National Research Institute for Agriculture

The first one is for the Cerambycidae - Longhorn beetles.

Dear Drs Madanat and Madame le Docteur Abbas Mashon, If you carefully observe this photography, you cannot conclude that it is a longhorn (Cerambycidae). At the contrary, it is exactely the view of one Curculionoidea Curculionidae. Sincerely yours, A. Panis, Ph. Doctor in Zoology of the Toulouse University (Haute-Garonne), Ingineer in Agronomy (E.N.S.A. Le Rheu-Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine)), retired from the French National Research for Agriculture, Sophia-Antipolis (Alpes-Maritimes); to-day searching for insect and plant biodiversity in Provence (South-Eastern of France)

As I said is a Cerambycidae, and the species is Rhagium mordax the black-spotted longhorn beetle. You can see the image in this link:

https://www.google.com.co/search?q=Rhagium+mordax&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH3IGwxJbeAhWtpFkKHRkvC2EQ_AUIDigB&biw=1316&bih=920#imgrc=zCd23TNKBUaN9M:

Regards,

Luis Miguel Constantino

Dear Dr Panis please look at the following website:

https://www.buglife.org.uk/sites/default/files/Longhorn%20Beetle%20Guide.pdf

Thanks,

Name: Black-spotted longhorn (Rhagium mordax)

Dear Doctors Madanat and Basaran, Yes I recognize that I was faulting when I said that this beetle was one species of Curculionidae. With my "record in memory", I can now rectify in your way: it was one beetle of the Cerambycidae family. Of the genus Rhagium as illustrated at page 7 of the paper "Scottish Longhorn Beetle Guide". I was printing this splendid paper, 15 minutes after reading your two e-mails. Many excuses for my identifier' mistake! Sincerely yours, A. Panis

It is a Black-spotted longhorn

Rhagium mordax

Hi Barbara:

If you look at the order of the answers, I was the first person to correctly identify the species as Rhagium mordax, so that being fair, the vote should be given to me and not to the others who used my answer to answer the question. By the way, do you read these answers ?

Dear Doctor Constantino, I read your above remark. Congratulations as you correctely identify the beetle at the species level. Sincerely yours, André Panis

Dear Luis Miguel Constantino

Undoubtedly the first who recognized this beetle here 5 month ago was...Lech Karpiński

And you'd immediately latter confirmed it. I had recommended both answers then. In meantime I've asked about some other beatles as the question of the first was closed for me. Thank you a lot for your input. Best regards, Barbara Motyka

Rhagium mordax. It is very common in Carpathians.

I agree with Luis Miguel Constantino

Are a group of insects .

Beetles are the most common type of insect. Beetles are everywhere. But beetles can be confused with other kinds of insects, especially some true bugs. So how do you recognize a beetle?

First look for the wings and wing covers. Most insects have wings, and those that do have two pairs. Beetles differ from all other winged insects by having the first pair of wings hardened and thickened. These hard forewings serve as a protective shield for the fragile flying wings, which are folded underneath. In fact the Latin name for this order, Coleoptera, means “folded wing”. Wing covers in beetles meet in a straight line down the middle of the back.

There are a few true bugs (Order Hemiptera) whose wings somewhat resemble beetles, but true bug wings are only partly hardened and thickened. The outer half of true bug wings are translucent. The two groups can also be distinguished by their mouth parts.

Beetles always have chewing mouth parts, while the mouth parts on true bugs are designed for piercing and sucking. If you flip the insect over, look under its head. If there is a ridge extending from the tip to the end of the head, it’s probably got piercing-sucking mouthparts and is not a beetle.

There’s one other complicating factor in recognizing beetles. Before emerging as winged adults, beetles undergo a very different-looking immature (or larval) stage. The larval life stages of beetles are very diverse in appearance, but generally are elongate with three pairs of jointed legs at the front of the body. They are told apart from caterpillars by the lack of claspers on the hind segments of the body. For some images of beetle larvae.

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.

Beetles are of value to humans in many ways. They are prominent decomposers, especially in forests. As predators, they reduce populations of problem insects, especially caterpillars.

It is Rhagium mordax a species of the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae and tribe Desmocerini.