Plagionotus arcuatus arcuatus is a very common European species developing in a variety of deciduous trees. P. arcuatus arcuatus larvae feed subcortically
in dead trunks and thick branches, then enter the sapwood where create hook-shaped pupal cells (usually 2-4 cm under sapwood surface, rarely 6-8 cm). Exceptionally larvae pupate
in thick bark or under the bark. Pupation occurs in spring and adults can be observed running restless or mating on fallen trunks during sunny days from mid-spring to mid-summer
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| Body length: | 8 - 20 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 (2) years |
| Adults in: | May - July |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Castanea, Fagus, Carpinus, Juglans, Prunus, Robinia,
Vitis, Salix, etc.) |
| Distribution: | Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Africa, Turkey, North Iran |
The living beetled in the pictured have been photographed in Prague-Jarov (Central Bohemia, Czechia) on May 23, 2016.
The depicted mounted beetle was collected in Kasendorf environs (Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany) in summer 1972.
Collected by M.Hoskovec and Udo Schmidt
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Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 156-157], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1].
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Vitali F.:
Atlas of the Insects of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae.
Ferrantia, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 79: 1-208 [pages 47-48], 2018.
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