biology
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
A stump of a broken Norway spruce (Picea abies) infested with Monochamus (Monochamus) sartor sartor after peeling the bark. In addition to traces of older larval galleries, this year's exit holes are visible on the trunk. One has just been created and a freshly hatched female is still sitting in the exit corridor (Kláštorisko, Slovak Paradise National Park, Spišská Nová Ves district, Košice Region, Slovakia on June 19, 2017).
[Photo © Milan Sláma]
The pictures show a very typical galleries, pupal cells and exit holes in trunks of Norway spruce (Picea abies; Slovakia) created by larvae of Monochamus (Monochamus) sartor sartor.
[Photographs are published with the kind permission of Milan Sláma]
[Photo © Milan Sláma]
The picture shows a Norway spruce (Picea abies; Slovakia) twigs damaged by Monochamus (Monochamus) sartor sartor adults during their maturation feeding.
[Photographs are published with the kind permission of Milan Sláma]