Rhagium sycophanta

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Grote ribbelboktor
Belgium, Rochefort 05-05-2014
© Johan Verstraeten
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Franz von Paula Schrank –
1781

Body length : 18-30mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in old deciduous forests, especially mature oak woodlands.

The species prefers warm, sun-exposed habitats with old trees and decaying timber.

The larvae develop beneath the bark and in decaying wood of dead or dying trunks, stumps and large branches.

Mainly on Quercus sp. but also on Acer sp., Alnus sp., Betula sp., Carpinus sp., Castanea sp., Fagus sp., …