Grammoptera ruficornis

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Common Grammoptera

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Gewone bloesemboktor
© Johan Verstraeten
Belgium, Diepenbeek 17-06-2014
© Johan Verstraeten
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Johann Christian Fabricius –
1781

Body length : 5-7mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in deciduous woodland edges, hedgerows, orchards, scrub and flower-rich clearings.

Adults are often found on flowers, especially Heracleum sp. and Crataegus sp.

The larvae develop in dead, fungus-infested twigs and branches of many deciduous trees and shrubs.

Most recorded host plants : Alnus sp., Carpinus sp., Corylus sp., Crataegus sp., Fagus sp., Fraxinus sp., Malus sp., Populus sp., Prunus sp., Quercus sp., Salix sp., Tilia sp., …