Strangalia attenuata

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Slanke smalboktor
Belgium, Herentals 28-07-2013
© Johan Verstraeten
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Carl Linnaeus –
1758

Body length : 8-14mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in mature deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, clearing and old woodlands with abundant dead hardwood.

Adults feed on pollen and nectar and can be found on flowers, especially of the Apiaceae family and bramble.

The larvae develop in well-decayed trunks, logs, stumps and large branches of broadleaved trees, such as Alnus sp., Betula sp., Corylus sp., Fagus sp., Populus sp., Quercus sp., Ulmus sp., …