Ergates faber

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Naaldreuzenboktor
France, Lorgues 09-08-2023
© Johan Verstraeten
Laden...
Carl Linnaeus –
1761

Body length : 23-60mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Mainly found in coniferous forests but also mountain and submontane mixed forests.

The larvae develop in dead stumps, fallen trunks and decaying wood, usually in sunny forest edges and clearings.

Recorded host plants : Abies sp., Cedrus sp., Larix sp.,  Picea sp., Pinus sp. and Pseudotsuga menziesii.

Rarely reported from hardwoods such as Alnus sp. and Populus sp.