Phymatodes testaceus

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Tanbark borer

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Veranderlijke boktor
Belgium, Diepenbeek 09-06-2017
© Johan Verstraeten
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Carl Linnaeus –
1758

Body length : 6-18mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in deciduous forests, woodland edges, timber yards and log piles.

The larvae develop under the bark and in the sapwood of dead trees, especially Quercus sp.

Also on Acer sp., Carpinus betulus, Castanea sp., Corylus sp., Fagus sp., Ficus sp., Malus sp., Pyrus sp., Salix sp., …

Variability of color patterns.