Stenopterus ater

France, Cotignac 02-07-2016
© Johan Verstraeten
Laden...
Carl Linnaeus –
1767

Male and female

Body length : 6-12mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in warm, sunny habitats, such as woodland edges, scrubland, orchards, parks and open deciduous forests.

Adults can often be found visiting flowers, especially umbellifers.

The larvae develop in dry, dead wood of various deciduous trees, particularly Carpinus sp., Crataegus sp., Fagus sp., Quercus sp., …