Stictoleptura scutellata

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Large black longhorn beetle
© Johan Verstraeten
France, Bonac-Irazein 30-07-2017
© Johan Verstraeten
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Johann Christian Fabricius –
1781

Body length : 12-20mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in mature deciduous and mixed forests, especially old-growth woodland with abundant dead hardwood.

Adults feed on pollen and nectar and are commonly found on flowers of the Apiaceae family.

The larvae develop in well-decayed logs, stumps and large branches of broadleaved trees, such as Betula sp., Carpinus sp., Castanea sp., Fagus sp., Quercus sp., …